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I'll explain one thing everybody in this country needs to know: If the president [Trump], and I'm certain that he will, fulfills his commitment to increase tariffs up to 20 percent across the board, 60 percent on China, 200 percent on John Deere manufactured in Mexico, then we're going to pay more than just to put this in the consumers' stores,
Maxwell said
A tariff is a tax paid by the U.S. importer, not a foreign country or the exporter. This tax ultimately comes out of consumers' pockets through higher prices,
Jonathan Gold, NRF's vice president of supply chain and customs policy, said in a press release earlier this monthThe U.S. market and the Mexican market are actually not separate markets,
Raymond Robertson, the director of Texas A&M University's Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy, previously told NewsweekAll my products are currently made internationally, and while some might suggest I 'just switch to American manufacturers,' it's not that simple,
she told NewsweekThe main victim will be the American consumer, because at the end of the day, tariffs are more or less reflected in prices,
said Moy
One of the main reasons why Trump’s campaign was successful, was that people felt that inflation had increased during Biden’s last term,
said RíosWe’ve already seen this [from Trump] – first you threaten, then you negotiate,
said MoyDid we really think that Trump was going to become more institutional or more formal?”
said Valeria Moy, a Mexican economist and director general of IMCO, a public policy analysis firmI don’t rule out that he would implement them temporarily to give a result to his electoral base, which would be happy to see that Donald Trump is being consistent with his campaign promises,
she said
It is unacceptable and would cause inflation and job losses in Mexico and the United States,
Sheinbaum said, while offering to talk about the issues
Dialogue is the best path to achieve understanding, peace and prosperity for our two countries,
Sheinbaum said at the end of the letter to TrumpTrump may have just tossed the threat out there, as he does,
Siller saidWe negotiate as equals, there is no subordination here, because we are a great nation, ... I think we are going to reach an agreement."
Sheinbaum said, while addingIf he doesn't like a certain practice or policy initiative, he can use it as leverage to threaten them,
Peck told CBS News' Carter EvansIf a percentage of what the United States spends on war were dedicated to peace and development, it would address the underlying causes of migration,
she said, advocating for regional investment over punitive measuresOne tariff would be followed by another in response, escalating until we risk harming mutual businesses,
she warned, pointing to U.S. automakers with manufacturing plants on both sides of the borderCaravans of migrants no longer reach the border,
Sheinbaum said on Tuesday while presenting a letter she plans to send to Trump in the coming daysWe expect to have a conversation with him very soon,
she notedMaybe President Trump doesn't know this, but of those arriving at the border—which is significantly fewer, 75 percent less than in December 2023—half them have a CBP One appointment. In other words, they have an appointment. So, they [the U.S.] are the ones inviting them to come to the United States,
she saidTo one tariff will come another and so on until we put our common businesses at risk,
Sheinbaum said, warning