Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Canada and Mexico end decades of North American free trade

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

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

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

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

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

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 Collins (politician)vA Secretary

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

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

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

It’s going to boom,

the president said of the auto industry,

But that may be wishful thinking,

they write, given the recriminations and threats that were coming out of both Ottawa and Washington on Tuesday

The president is happy to do it,

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday, announcing the change

Peter Navarrowhite House trade adviser

We’ve had two days of uncertainty in the market and everybody’s hair is on fire,

Peter Navarro, senior counselor to the president on trade and manufacturing, told CNN on Wednesday

Long term, I think it would be great for the administration to work with these companies and figure out means to enhance our position in America,

he said on CNN

If you don’t make your product in America under the Trump administration, you will pay a tariff and in some cases a rather large one,

he insisted

As pain begins to hit American cities, particularly those nearer to Canada, there are concerns that the fentanyl argument isn’t going to be strong enough

a source familiar with the discussions told CNN, referring to Trump’s rationale for slapping the new tariffs on

It’s certainly a relief, but long term the situation doesn’t change,

said David Kelleher, the owner of a Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep and RAM dealership in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania