Donald Trump has announced that he will decree on Monday new 25% tariff of its commercial war policy.
Trump’s announcement was produced while the Chinese tariffs, announced last week in response to those determined by the US president, entered into force. The measures are aimed at products worth 14,000 million dollars, with a 15% tariff on coal and LNG – liquefied natural – and 10% on crude oil, agricultural machinery and some vehicles.
The US president, in statements to journalists at the Air Force One this Sunday, also said that he would announce reciprocal tariff Vigor “almost immediately.”
“It’s very simple, if they charge us, we charge them,” Trump said on the reciprocal tariff plan.
The measure on steel and aluminum caused a rapid reaction of Doug Ford, prime minister of the Canadian province of Ontario, who accused the US president of “changing the rules of the game and causing constant chaos” that puts the economy at risk.
Monday’s tariffs would be added to existing metals.
The largest sources of importation of American steel are Canada, Brazil and Mexico, followed by South Korea and Vietnam, according to data from the Government and the American Iron and Steel Institute.
Canada is the largest supplier of primary aluminum metal to the US, with 79% of total imports in the first 11 months of 2024. Mexico is an important scrap supplier and aluminum alloy.
During his first term, Trump imposed 25% tariffs on steel and 10% to aluminum, but subsequently granted several tax -free fees, including Canada, Mexico and Brazil.
Joe Biden expanded these contingents to the United Kingdom, Japan and the European Union, while the use of the ability of US steadcasts has fallen in recent years. White House spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, said the new tariffs would join those already existing about steel and aluminum.
The deployment of Trump tariffs has been highly criticized and has caused volatile reactions in the markets and the fear of more.
Beijing has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization, but has not responded bluntly. The tariffs imposed by Trump are well below the level with which he had threatened during the electoral campaign, and analysts have said that China was prepared for them.
Analysts consider that Beijing’s measures – which also include research on several US companies, including Google – are llimitated and leave margin for negotiation.
In the midst of a broader rejection against Trump’s economic hard hand, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, warned in an interview issued on Sunday that was willing to go “face to face” in relation to tariffs before the US president. “I already did and I will (sic) again.”
Macron told the CNN that the EU should not be an “absolute priority” for the United States: “Is the European Union its first problem? No, I don’t think so. His first problem is China, so they should focus on the first problem. ”
Macron said that tariffs would harm European economies, but also the American, given the level of economic ties. “If you put tariffs in many sectors, the costs will increase and inflation will be created in the US. Is it what your people want? I’m not so sure, ”he said.
The French president said that the EU must be prepared to react to US actions, but stressed that 27 must mainly “act for ourselves.” “Therefore, for me, the main priority of Europe is the competitiveness agenda, the defense and security agenda, the AI challenge, and you have to go quickly for ourselves.”
“If in the meantime, we have [un] Tariff problem, we will discuss and fix it, ”he said.
Trump takes a long time complaining that 10% tariffs that the EU applies to car imports are much higher than those in the United States, of 2.5%. He often states that Europe “does not accept our cars”, but sends millions to the west through the Atlantic every year.
Trump has also indicated tariffs against the Taiwan semiconductor industry, which he has repeatedly accused and without evidence of stealing US businesses. Taiwan seems to be fighting to avoid it. This week, senior economic officials will travel to the United States to meet their counterparts. The Taiwan government and the state oil company are also taking measures to buy more American gas and oil in order to reduce Taiwan’s commercial surplus, a key factor cited by Trump in the promulgation of tariffs.
The day of the Gulf of America
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, designated this Sunday on February 9 as the ‘Gulf Day of America’, a measure that comes after the ruler signed an executive order that launched the process of changing the name of the name of the Gulf of Mexico by Gulf of America.
Trump made these statements to the media from the presidential aircraft Air Force One, on the way to New Orleans to see the Super Bowl, where he set up an impromptu press conference in which there was a large map of the controversial Gulf.
This flight went through the now baptized Gulf of America.
“Today, I make my first visit to the Gulf of America since the name was changed. While my administration restores American pride for the history of the US greatness, it is appropriate for our great nation to meet and commemorate this transcendental occasion and the change of name of the Gulf of America, ”Trump said in a statement.
After appointing on February 9 as ‘Gulf Day of America’, the US president called on public officials and the entire US people “to spend this day with appropriate programs, ceremonies and activities.”
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