President-elect Trump said in a new interview aired Sunday that he can't guarantee Americans won't pay more in tariffs he has promised to impose on imported goods.
Mr. Trump, in an interview With Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press,” say you don't believe economists' repeated warnings that tariffs on countries like Canada, Mexico and China will raise prices for U.S. consumers. I put it on.
“Can you guarantee that American families won't pay more?” Welker asked.
“I can't guarantee anything. I can't guarantee tomorrow. But if I look at my past, I can tell you that before COVID-19, we had the best economy in the history of our country,” Trump said. I responded.
After Welker pointed out that U.S. companies like Walmart and Black & Decker have warned that the tariffs would force them to raise prices, Trump again argued that the tariffs would boost the economy.
“They solve other problems as well,” Trump said. “If there's a problem with wars or anything else, tariffs, I've stopped wars with tariffs by saying, 'You guys want to fight, that's great, but we're both going to pay for it. “The tariffs on the United States will be 100%.''
Trump added, “Tariffs, when used properly, are a very powerful tool to get things done, not just the economy, but beyond the economy.”
In recent weeks, the president-elect has threatened to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico, the United States' biggest trading partners, unless they do more to control the flow of migrants and illegal drugs across the border.
Trump spoke by phone with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo and noted that within days of the threat, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau flew to Mar-a-Lago to meet with the president.
The president-elect has been promising for months to impose flat tariffs on all imports, a plan that economists say could cause U.S. commodity prices to soar and businesses to pass on increased costs to consumers. is warning. But President Trump dismissed those concerns, arguing that the tariffs would encourage more companies to do business in the United States.
