Tariffs against imports from Canada, Mexico, and China–trade war anyone?
Many are concerned about a trade war because of the re-election of Donald Trump. Europe may be hit hard:
Trump enacts tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China
February 1, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order Saturday that places 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico and 10% tariffs on goods from China, the White House said.
“Both Canada and Mexico have allowed an unprecedented invasion of illegal fentanyl that is killing American citizens, and also illegal immigrants into our country,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said during her briefing Friday.
Leavitt did not say whether there would be any exemptions to the measures. “These are promises made and promises kept by the president,” she said.
Asked by reporters Friday, Trump said there was nothing the three countries could do to reverse his decision and that the tariffs were “not a negotiating tool.”
“It’s a pure economic — we have big deficits with, as you know, with all three of them,” Trump said. “We’re not looking for a concession, and we’ll just see what happens.”
Trump had said he would tariff Canadian crude oil imports at 10% beginning Saturday. Other Canadian goods would be hit with a 25% tariff.
The president vowed to impose sweeping tariffs on semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, steel and aluminum, and oil and gas.
“All forms of medicine and pharmaceuticals,” Trump said. “And we’ll be doing, very importantly, steel, and we’ll also be doing chips and things associated with chips.”
The tentative plan is for the tariffs to take effect on Tuesday.
Trump warned he would “absolutely” place tariffs on goods from the European Union.
“They’re treating us so badly,” he said.
Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his country would respond.
“We’re working hard to prevent these tariffs, but if the United States moves ahead, Canada’s ready with a forceful and immediate response,” he posted on social media.
Meanwhile, Mexico had a more muted response. Its economic ministry posted a message on social media saying that Mexico and the United States were “partners, not competitors.”
Tariffs could backfire https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-enacts-tariffs-on-canada-mexico-china-/7959588.html
Backfire?
Well, there will be many unintended consequences of Donald Trump’s statements and policies, including relating to trade and tariffs.
China has known it would be affected, and I believe Donald Trump did this to tell China this is only the first step and he is willing and able to impose more tariffs.
I suspect that one of the reasons they were imposed on Canada is to show the Europeans that Donald Trump will not treat them better, so they had better listen. Of course, that is not what the Europeans wants.
One of the reasons to impose tariffs against Mexico is to push it to greatly reduce migrants passing into the USA. But, being so close to the USA geographically, this is also intended to send a message to the Europeans.
The BBC posted the following:
How countries respond to Trump’s tariffs is what matters next
1 February 2025
It was not a bluff, the tariffs are here – and this is just the opening salvo from the Oval Office.
The world trading system has not been here before. A slide towards a wider trade conflict is very much on the cards, as President Trump prepares similar tariffs firstly against Europe, and then at a lower level universally.
But what matters as much as the actions the US takes, is how the rest of the world responds. …
Canada has signalled it will take a robust approach to Trump, best articulated by the contender to be the country’s next prime minister, Mark Carney.
“We will retaliate … dollar for dollar” he told the BBC, ridiculing the fentanyl rationale and saying Canada would “stand up to a bully”. …
The real question here is whether the rest of the world, even tacitly, coordinates retaliatory tariffs …
Some nations may conclude that these days, there are other options in the world. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0lzxz7kg4wo
It is that last point which will be one of the unintended consequences of Donald Trump’s trade policies and statements. Notice something from my latest book available at Amazon Kindle: Unintended Consequences and Donald Trump’s Presidency: Is Donald Trump Fulfilling Biblical, Islamic, Greco-Roman Catholic, Buddhist, and other America-Related Prophecies? as well as Amazon print :
Trade
Historically, Donald Trump has called for “fair trade” and indicated that various nations, including several in Asia, are not engaged in fair trade, so he has proposed high tariffs.[i]
Donald Trump has called tariffs, “the most beautiful word in the dictionary” and even proposed massive tariffs (up to 2000%) on Mexico if it will not do what he wants.[ii] He has basically also proposed a minimum of 10% tariffs on goods from much of the rest of the world.
Some believe that Donald Trump’s positions on trade will lead to a global trade war.[iii] Europe has said it will hit back against Donald Trump’s tariff policies.[iv] It is my position that trade disputes will be a factor in Europe taking military action against the USA one day.
One of the unintended consequences of Donald Trump’s threats of tariffs and other trade matters is that it is motivating nations he has threatened to look to trade more with each other.
The morning after his reelection, I wrote:
According to the major media, Donald Trump won re-election. … Europe will get more serious about trade deals with others internationally, such as being more motivated to approve the trade deal with the Mercosur block of South America.[v]
On December 6, 2024, Politico reported that the European Union approved the massive Mercosur trade deal, despite opposition from France and others, and also pointed to Donald Trump’s reelection as a factor.[vi]
Energy and climate policy differences between the Europeans and Donald Trump look to increase the negative view many in Europe already have about the USA. …
- Pushing tariffs and other policies that foreign nations do not like is contributing to other nations looking to bypass the USA dollar, as well as trade more with each other and less with the USA. This will further push various globalist’s moves forward without the USA. This is also helping set the stage for the coming European Babylonian Beast to dominate international trade.
[i] Trade: Donald J. Trump’s Vision. https://www.donaldjtrump.com/policies/trade accessed December 16, 2016
[ii] Pan J. Donald Trump calls tariff ‘the most beautiful word,’ threatens up to 2,000% tariff to block Mexican car imports. Yahoo News, November 3, 2024
[iii] Islam F. Will Trump’s victory spark a global trade war? BBC, November 7, 2024
[iv] Vella JH. EU’s game plan for Trump trade war: ‘Hit back fast and hard.’ Polico.eu, October 21, 2024
[v] Thiel B. Media declares Donald Trump won the election–now what? y Donald trump y eventos para observar. COGwriter, November 6, 2024
[vi] Gijs C, Leali G. EU snubs France to seal huge Latin American trade deal. Politico, December 6, 2024
(Thiel B. Unintended Consequences and Donald Trump’s Presidency: Is Donald Trump Fulfilling Biblical, Islamic, Greco-Roman Catholic, Buddhist, and other America-Related Prophecies? Nazarene Books, 2025)
More of the world’s nations are starting to look away from the USA for trade.
The Bible shows that Europe will, temporarily, dominate trade, which means that the USA will not:
3 … all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury. (Revelation 18:3)
9 The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her … 19 in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! (Revelation 18:9,19)
Europe does not have to be perfect to do this, but perceived for a time, as the best economic option for the world.
Although it does not look like that now to most people, Europe is prophesied to do so.
The reelection of Donald Trump has accelerated the desire of the Europeans to secure trade deals outside of the USA.
Biblical prophecies will come to pass.
We continue to see steps that are aligning with them.
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