{"id":20153,"date":"2025-02-02T17:09:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T17:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=20153"},"modified":"2025-02-02T17:09:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T17:09:00","slug":"trump-says-canada-mexico-and-china-tariffs-will-all-be-worth-it-but-may-cause-some-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=20153","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Canada, Mexico and China tariffs \u2018will all be worth it\u2019 \u2014 but may cause some \u2018pain\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>President Trump acknowledged that the across-the-board tariffs he ordered into effect Saturday on imports from Canada, Mexico and China might cause some \u201cpain,\u201d but argued that they will pay off in the long term.<\/p>\n<p>The 47th president also once again brought up the idea of annexing Canada, saying the country \u201cshould become our Cherished 51st State\u201d to reap the benefits of lower taxes, a strong military and no tariffs \u2014 an offer the northern neighbor has repeatedly spurned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will be the golden age of America! will there be some pain? Yes, maybe (and maybe not!). but we will make America great again, and it will all be worth the price that must be paid,\u201d Trump, 78, wrote on Truth Social Sunday in all capitalization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are a country that is now being run with common sense \u2014 and the results will be spectacular!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"34796962\"><\/button><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34796962\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/2196996771.jpg?w=1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/2196996771.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 7450w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/2196996771.jpg?resize=300,200&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 300w, 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/2196996771.jpg?resize=90,60&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 90w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/2196996771.jpg?resize=87,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/2196996771.jpg?resize=150,100&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/2196996771.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w\" alt=\"Trump talks to reporters after signing an executive order.\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" data-modal-image=\"34796962\" \/><figcaption>Trump talks to reporters after signing an executive order.<\/p>\n<p>Trump had warned China, Canada and Mexico last year to take measures to rein in the fentanyl crisis or face tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>He also told Canada and Mexico to crack down on illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>All three countries are America\u2019s largest three trading partners.<\/p>\n<div id=\"outbrain_widget_0\" class=\"OUTBRAIN wp-block-nyp-editor-outbrain-keystone\" data-widget-id=\"KS_11\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/02\/us-news\/trump-says-canada-mexico-and-china-tariffs-will-maybe-cause-pain-but-will-all-be-worth-it\/\" data-ob-mark=\"true\" data-browser=\"chrome\" data-os=\"win32\" data-dynload=\"\" data-idx=\"0\">\n<div class=\"ob-widget ob-grid-layout ob-multi-columns-layout KS_11\" data-dynamic-truncate=\"true\" data-interstitial=\"false\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He had given them until Saturday to comply with his demands and followed through on his threat after being unsatisfied with the results.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has long been a fan of tariffs and slammed critics of his move, saying that the \u201ctariff lobby\u201d is \u201calways wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34796981\" 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following the imposition of a raft of tariffs by Donald Trump against Canada, Mexico and China, in Ottawa, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" data-modal-image=\"34796981\" \/><figcaption>Justin Trudeau addresses media following the imposition of a raft of tariffs by Donald Trump against Canada, Mexico and China, in Ottawa, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.<span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He accused free trade proponents of allowing other countries to take advantage of the US by allowing \u201ccrime, and poisonous drugs\u201d to \u201cfreely flow into America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose days are over!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 47th president first issued an ultimatum last November demanding concessions from Canada, China, and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Together, trade between the US and those three countries is about $1.4 trillion annually and over 40% of US total imports. For context, the US gross domestic product clocked in at\u00a0$27.36 trillion in 2023,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bea.gov\/news\/2024\/gross-domestic-product-fourth-quarter-and-year-2023-second-estimate#:~:text=Current%2Ddollar%20GDP%20increased%206.3,(tables%201%20and%203).\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a>\u00a0to the US Bureau of Economic Analysis.<\/p>\n<p>Canada has announced retaliatory tariffs on\u00a0$107 billion worth of US goods and Mexico has also vowed a response, though it has refrained from divulging details so far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe pay hundreds of Billions of Dollars to SUBSIDIZE Canada. Why? There is no reason,\u201d Trump added of the northern neighbor. \u201cWe don\u2019t need anything they have. We have unlimited Energy, should make our own Cars, and have more Lumber than we can ever use.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout this massive subsidy, Canada ceases to exist as a viable Country. Harsh but true!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both of the US neighbors are disproportionately reliant on the US for exports than America is on them.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/trudeau-says-canada-would-respond-immediately-any-us-tariffs-2025-01-31\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">75% of Canada\u2019s exports<\/a>\u00a0go to the US while only about 13% of American exports go to Canada. Meanwhile,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tacna.net\/what-are-the-top-exports-made-in-mexico\/#:~:text=While%20the%20US%20imports%20nearly,buy%20exports%20made%20in%20Mexico.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">about 80% of Mexican exports<\/a>\u00a0flow to the US, while\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2025\/02\/01\/business\/economy\/mexico-china-canada-imports-tariffs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">16% of US exports\u00a0<\/a>go to them.<\/p>\n<p>About 14% of US imports come from China, while about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/trendeconomy.com\/data\/h2\/China\/TOTAL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">15% of Beijing\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0exports go to the US.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s tariffs included 25% across-the-board tariffs on Canada and Mexico and a 10% across-the-board tariff on Chinese goods coming into the US.<\/p>\n<p>Those tariffs come in addition to all existing US tariffs on those three countries. Trump\u2019s tariffs also feature a few\u00a0carveouts. The tariff\u00a0on Canada, for example, has a lower rate of 10% on the country\u2019s energy resources.<\/p>\n<p>While many of Trump\u2019s close allies\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-treasury-tariffs-cabinet-bessent-lutnick-99db930ea0516673c96f8b524af975f2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">have suggested that<\/a>\u00a0he views tariffs as a negotiating tool, Trump himself has mused about using tariffs as a means of raising revenue for the federal government and revitalizing domestic manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/taxfoundation.org\/research\/all\/federal\/trump-tariffs-trade-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tax Foundation has estimated<\/a>\u00a0that Trump\u2019s tariffs will reduce GDP by about 0.4 percentage points, harm unemployment by about 344,000 jobs and amount to tax increases of about $1.2 trillion between 2025 and 2034.<\/p>\n<p>In the short term, the Tax Foundation is expecting the average US household to see a tax hike of about $830.<\/p>\n<p>Trump groused about US trade deficits with the three countries and argued that companies complaining about the levies should simply manufacture domestically.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe USA has major deficits with Canada, Mexico, and China (and almost all countries!),\u00a0owes\u00a036 Trillion Dollars, and we\u2019re not going to be the \u2018Stupid Country\u2019 any longer,\u201d Trump proclaimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake your product in the USA and there are no tariffs!\u201d he added in all caps. \u201cWhy should the United States lose trillions of dollars in subsidizing other countries, and why should these other countries pay a small fraction of the cost of what USA citizens pay for drugs and pharmaceuticals, as an example?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; President Trump acknowledged that the across-the-board tariffs he ordered into effect Saturday on imports from Canada, Mexico and China might cause some \u201cpain,\u201d but argued that they will &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20155,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20153\/revisions\/20155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}