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Number one is the people that have poured into our country, so horribly and so much … number two are the drugs, fentanyl and everything else that have come into the country … and number three are the massive subsidies we’re giving to Canada and Mexico over deficits,
Trump said in the Oval Office on Thursday Hoping to prevent this issue from causing severe damage to the world’s free-trading system, the Japanese government has decided, from this broader perspective, not to take any retaliatory measures immediately,
Japan’s international trade minister, Hajime Tamura, told the press They don’t take our cars, they don’t take our farm products. They take almost nothing and we take everything from them,
he told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, threatening tariffs It is my duty as president to ensure the safety of all,
Trump said on social media after his initial weekend announcement China hopefully is going to stop sending us fentanyl, and if they're not, the tariffs are going to go substantially higher,
Read the executive order where President Trump was absolutely, 100% clear that this is not a trade war,
I just had a good call with President Trump, ... Proposed tariffs will be paused for at least 30 days while we work together."
Mexico will reinforce the northern border … to stop drug trafficking from Mexico to the United States, in particular fentanyl,
Sheinbaum posted on X after talking with Trump The trade war is in the early stages so the likelihood of further tariffs is high,
Oxford Economics said in a note as it downgraded its China economic growth forecast That's very encouraging news,
said Chris Davison, who heads a trade group of Canadian canola producers The 10 percent tariff is not a big shock to China's economy,
Zhang Zhiwei at Pinpoint Asset Management said in a note We expect China not to jump to immediate retaliation following the 10 percent tariff hike, but will keep the doors of negotiation and cooperation open,
UBS bank analysts wrote in a note It's unlikely to change the market expectation on China's macro outlook this year, which already factored in higher tariffs from the US,
This strategy of no retaliation may change if the US imposes additional significant tariffs later on,
The tit-for-tat trade war in Trump's first term benefited no one; it made trade more costly and hindered growth in both countries,
China is looking to diffuse tensions,
In such a case, we think China may retaliate on a targeted basis and in a restrained manner, imposing tariffs on selected agricultural products, auto parts, energy,
I think you see what we should get very used to, which is this kind of rollercoaster of public negotiation around tariffs and other policy,
Ross Mayfield, investment strategy analyst at Baird in Louisville, Kentucky, said We understand Trump is still using the same strategy or tactic - launching very threatening tariffs, but leaving room for negotiation,
Steven Leung, who handles institutional trading at stockbroker UOB-Kay Hian in Hong Kong, told Reuters It all makes us feel that it's not a very firm policy yet. No need to worry too much,
