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Lutnick: Trump Will Not Ease Pressure on Fentanyl-Related Tariffs

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Earlier this week, President Donald Trump’s administration announced the imposition of 25-percent tariffs on imports from Mexico only to roll some of them back again.
Aljazeera
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Trump imposed new 25 per cent tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada last Tuesday, along with fresh duties on Chinese goods, after he declared the top three US trading partners had failed to do enough to stem the flow of deadly fentanyl and its precursor chemicals into the United States.
Deccan Herald
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President Trump has targeted Canada over fentanyl, despite less than 1% of fentanyl seizures occurring on the northern border; transgender people, who account for just over 1% of the U.S. population; and USAID funding, which accounts for less than 1% of the federal budget.
Los Angeles Times
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Often, these drugs arrive in the US in the form of powders or precursor chemicals that take up minimal space, and are difficult to detect by odor.
Guardian

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