Trump delays some tariffs on Mexico and Canada for one month

The reality is that a month is nowhere near enough time for automakers to relocate factories or reconfigure supply chains,

said Jessica Caldwell, head of insights at Edmunds

We will not be backing down from our response tariffs until such a time as the unjustified American tariffs [on] Canadian goods are lifted,

he said

Justin Trudeaucanada, Prime Minister

That aligns with some of the conversations that we have been having with administration officials, but I'm going to wait for an official agreement to talk about Canadian response and look at the details of it,

Trudeau said

So if you think about it this way, if you lived under Donald Trump's US-Mexico-Canada agreement, you will get a reprieve from these tariffs now. If you chose to go outside of that, you did so at your own risk, and today is when that reckoning comes,

he said

The movement of these products has been stopped with the hope that one day, one day soon... there will be an agreement to lift the tariffs on these goods,

Vazquez told Reuters

It's extremely concerning... I think our city, as well as the country, should look towards more market diversification,

he said

Brooke Rollinsagriculture Secretary

As far as specific exemptions and carveouts for the agriculture industry, perhaps for potash and fertilizer, et cetera — to be determined,

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Wednesday, ... according to Bloomberg

Tariffs are going to have a ripple down effect that could severely harm our business,

a technology manager said

The incoming tariffs are causing our products to increase in price. Sweeping price increases are incoming from suppliers. Most are noting increases in labor costs,

a purchase manager in the machinery sector said in the ISM manufacturing survey for February

We share the President's objective to build more American cars and create lasting American jobs. We look forward to working with him and his team,

the company said in a statement

Many contacts reported difficulty setting prices and noted ambiguity around costs, largely as a result of uncertain international trade policy,

the Atlanta Fed reported

Adding to the gloomier picture in February was a sharp rise in costs, which companies were often unable to pass on to customers due to weak demand,

he said

Tammy BruceuS State Department spokesperson

Secretary Rubio reaffirmed the importance of U.S.-Canadian relations and reiterated that the Trump Administration will continue to put Americans' safety and national security first,

said U.S. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce

I absolutely am weighing in … things like potash, nitrogen, I’d throw peat moss in there, too, because that’s important to horticulture and mushroom growers,

Thompson said

You cannot export a potash mine,

said Jamie Tronnes, the executive director of the Center for North American Prosperity and Security, a group that pushes for stronger ties between the U.S. and Canada

Having invested millions in a plant to manufacture the Q5 in Mexico, primarily for the U.S., just one decade ago, that facility all of a sudden looks like a white elephant investment,

said Matthias Schmidt, a European auto analyst

We’ve been advising clients, like, don’t look at this as a first 100-day thing. This is going to be the pace for the next three years and 10 months,

Cutler told PI

Doug Fordontario Premier

There’s always that hope that these won’t last long, and you don’t want to create a big ruckus out of nothing, not for something that could go away quickly,

another lobbyist told Doug and Ari

Since he knows the administration’s decisionmakers, he can interface with agencies to get results,

said Adam Bult, who co-chairs Brownstein’s litigation practice

Your CHIPS Act is a horrible, horrible thing. We give hundreds of billions of dollars and it doesn’t mean a thing,

Trump told House Speaker Mike Johnson of the landmark bipartisan semiconductor incentives passed in 2022