The moratorium takes place after the US president has spoken with his counterpart Trudeau and Sheinbaum and agrees with both border control measures. Beijing, for his part, has announced the rates between 10 and 15 % for certain American products.
President Donald Trump of the United States, has delayed a month 25 % rates for importing their most important commercial partners, Canada and MexicoAfter obtaining obligations In the extremis In border shops with Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, and the Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum. The taxes are planned against Chinaon the other hand, yes they have been put into operation, Although Trump has announced a dialogue with Beijing with Beijing for the next 24 hours.
However, the Asian giant did not want to wait and communicated that will impose rates from 10 % to 15 % to certain products from the United States of February 10. In particular, liquid coal and natural gas will be loaded on 15 % and 10 % of crude oil, agricultural machinery, large cylinder cars and trucks.
Beijing has also announced new checks for important mineral exports (Tungsten, Telurio, Bismuth, Molybdenum and Indian) and has started an Antimonopoopoly study against the American technological giant Google.
Will be a temporary agreement with Mexico and Canada
Meanwhile, Mexico and Canada have currently avoided the imposition of rates, after having compromised both Sheinbaum and Trudeau to send to their limits 10,000 soldiers To combat the flow of medicines and migrants to the US.
The Canadian Prime Minister, Justin TrudeauHe said that the border plan of 1300 million dollars will apply to strengthen the border “with more helicopters, technology and staff, better coordination with the American authorities and more resources to curb the flow of Fentanil.”
In particular, “nearly 10,000 new troops” will work to “protect the border”. Moreover, Canada undertakes to one ‘Tsar of the Fentanyl’, And include drug cartels in the list of terrorist organizations.
In the case of Mexico, the president Claudia Sheinbaum He has promised to use 10,000 National Guard on the common border. According to Trump, those “soldiers will be specifically designated to stop the flow of Fentanyl and migrants.”
Rates concern Mexico as the largest commercial partner in the United States, with a value of export to that country of 490 183 million dollars in 2023, almost 30 % of the Mexican gross domestic product (GDP), according to a report from the Mexican competitive institute (Imco).
Source: EITB
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