Mexico, China, Canada warn Trump against tariff tit-for-tat

The governments of China and Mexico warned of retaliatory trade actions and Canada urged restraint on Tuesday.

Chinese Embassy Spokesperson Liu Pengyu warned that “no one wins in trade and tariff wars,” and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum reportedly said she would send a letter to President Trump urging dialogue and cooperation. are.

“It's going to be one tariff after another until it puts our general business at risk,” Sheinbaum told a regular news conference, according to Reuters. He warned that tariffs would cause inflation and job losses in both countries.

President Trump posted on his social media sites Monday night that on his first day in office, a 25% cut on all imports from Canada and Mexico until “we stop drugs, especially fentanyl, and all illegal aliens from invading our country.” threatened to impose tariffs.

It threatened to impose a 10% tariff on top of other tariffs on China unless Beijing introduced the death penalty for “drug traffickers” who shipped fentanyl to the United States.

In a joint statement, Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Canadian Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc spoke of the dangers of U.S. dependence on Canada for crude oil and the importance of Canada as an export market. , pointed out that Canada “imports more goods from the United States than from China.” , Japan, France, and the United Kingdom combined. ”

“Our relationship today is balanced and mutually beneficial, especially for American workers,” Freeland and LeBlanc said in a statement.

“Canada prioritizes the security of our borders and the integrity of our shared borders.”