The president of the USA, Donald Trump, held this Saturday in suspense of Canada, Mexico and China when the deadline to approve the tariffs with which he threatened them in retaliation for national security matters or to allegedly allege the commercial deficit.
Trump, who spent the day on his properties of Florida on Saturday with the empty agenda, dedicated himself to writing messages on his social networks, but not to sign the 25% tariff those of 10% against China.
However, its silence seems to be just public, since Governmental Sources of Canada told their public radio, CBC, which today, except oil and gas.
The date on Tuesday contradicts this Friday’s statements of the White House spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, that they will be “implemented and will be in effect” on Saturday.
In addition, the Trump administration threatened the Canadian government with increasing the percentage of the Si Ottawa tariff responds in the same way in retaliation, the Canadian government sources indicated today to CBC.
The Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, plans to appear this afternoon to announce commercial reprisals to the US after a meeting with the heads of government of the 10 provinces and 3 territories of the country convened after the notification of the tariffs.
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, met Friday night at the National Palace with members of her cabinet for the announcement about the tariffs that does not concrete, has been skeptical and has said that she will wait to give an answer.
Meanwhile, the Chinese government has stressed that “nobody wins a commercial war” and that the differences have to be resolved “through dialogue.”
Trump insisted this Friday that this Saturday would apply tariffs to Canada, Mexico and China, but the three countries are still waiting for the Republican to sign an executive order that approves and details the scope of the protectionist measures promised in their electoral campaign.
In his appearance yesterday, he also announced that from February 18 he will tax oil and gas imports, although he did not specify whether that would affect the fuels that his two neighbors export to the US.
And promised tariffs on a wide range of imports in the coming months, including metals such as steel and aluminum, as well as pharmaceutical products and semiconductors, intensifying their threats to tax their commercial partners.
