Both Mexico and Canada have the absolute right and power to easily solve this long simmering problem. We hereby demand that they use this power, and until such time that they do, it is time for them to pay a very big price! [Announcing 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada, effective day one, and an additional 10% tariff on China.]
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“Automakers pointed partly to tariffs in announcing nearly 5,000 job cuts in July”
“Trump announced via Truth Social on Nov. 25, 2024: 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods and an additional 10% tariff on Chinese products effective on his first day as president.”
“No tariffs on those goods from Canada and Mexico that claim and qualify for USMCA preference.”
“25% additional tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico and a 10% additional tariff on imports from China.”
“The six justices found that the law known as the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, does not give the president the power to impose tariffs.”
- The American Presidency Project — 2024 Republican Party Platformhttps://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2024-republican-party-platform ↗
“As Tariffs on Foreign Producers go up, Taxes on American Workers, Families, and Businesses can come down. Republicans will support baseline Tariffs on Foreign-made goods, pass the Trump Reciprocal Trade Act.”
“'We're going to have 10 to 20% tariffs on foreign countries that have been ripping us off for years.' — Trump, August 2024 rally in Asheville, North Carolina.”
“all articles imported into the customs territory of the United States shall be, consistent with law, subject to an additional ad valorem rate of duty of 10 percent”
“The Proclamation imposes, for a period of 150 days, a 10% ad valorem import duty on articles imported into the United States.”
- LiveNOW from FOX (RNC 2024 Acceptance Speech transcript)https://www.livenowfox.com/news/donald-trump-rnc-speech-transcript-watch-full-video ↗
“we'll put a tariff of approximately 100 to 200% on each car, and they will be unsellable in the United States. The way they will sell their product in America is to build it in America.”
- Singju Post (RNC 2024 full speech transcript)https://singjupost.com/full-transcript-donald-trumps-speech-at-rnc-2024/ ↗
“I will bring auto jobs back to our country, through the proper use of taxes, tariffs, and incentives, and will not allow massive auto manufacturing plants to be built in Mexico, China, or other countries.”
- The White Househttps://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/adjusting-imports-of-automobiles-and-autombile-parts-into-the-united-states/ ↗
“shall be subject to a 25 percent tariff with respect to goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on April 3, 2025”
- p2016.org — full transcript of Trump's RNC acceptance speech, Cleveland, OH, July 21, 2016https://www.p2016.org/gopconv16/trump07216sp.html ↗
“That includes renegotiating NAFTA to get a much better deal for America – and we'll walk away if we don't get the deal that we want.”
- Commission on Presidential Debates — official transcript, October 19, 2016 presidential debatehttps://www.debates.org/voter-education/debate-transcripts/october-19-2016-debate-transcript/ ↗
“I am going to renegotiate NAFTA. And if I can't make a great deal—then we're going to terminate NAFTA and we're going to create new deals.”
- p2016.org — full transcript of Trump's October 22, 2016 'Contract with the American Voter' speech, Gettysburg, PAhttps://p2016.org/trump/trump102216sp.html ↗
“I will announce my intention to renegotiate NAFTA or withdraw from the deal under Article 2205.”
- CBS News — fact-check article citing audio released by the New York Times from its editorial board interview with Trump, published January 15, 2016https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fact-check-did-the-new-york-times-get-trumps-china-tariff-proposal-wrong/ ↗
“I would do a tax. And the tax, let me tell you what the tax should be. The tax should be 45 percent.”
- The White Househttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/05/joint-statement-on-u-s-china-economic-and-trade-meeting-in-geneva/ ↗
“suspend 24 percentage points of that rate for an initial period of 90 days, while retaining the remaining ad valorem rate of 10 percent on those articles”
- Office of the U.S. Trade Representativehttps://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2018/june/ustr-issues-tariffs-chinese-products ↗
“USTR shall announce by June 15 the imposition of an additional duty of 25 percent on approximately $50 billion worth of Chinese imports containing industrially significant technologies”
“The United States will lower the tariffs on Chinese imports imposed to curb fentanyl flows by removing 10 percentage points of the cumulative rate, effective November 10, 2025”
- p2016.org — full transcript of Trump's June 28, 2016 'Declaring American Economic Independence' speech, Monessen, PAhttps://p2016.org/trump/trump062816sp.html ↗
“I am going to instruct my Treasury Secretary to label China a currency manipulator, which should have been done years ago. Any country that devalues their currency in order to take unfair advantage of the United States, which is many countries, will be met with sharply. And that includes taxes and tariffs.”
- Wall Street Journal op-ed by Donald Trump, 'Ending China's Currency Manipulation,' archived via Roll Call Factba.sehttps://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-op-ed-wsj-20151110/ ↗
“On day one of a Trump administration, the U.S. Treasury Department will designate China a currency manipulator. This designation will trigger a series of actions that will start the process of imposing countervailing duties on cheap Chinese imports.”
“In this context, Treasury has determined that China should no longer be designated as a currency manipulator at this time.”
“The Treasury Department formally labeled China a currency manipulator Monday, after Beijing allowed its currency to fall to an 11-year low.”
- The American Presidency Project — transcript of Trump's November 21, 2016 video message on his Day 1 actionshttps://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/video-message-from-president-elect-donald-j-trump ↗
“I am going to issue our notification of intent to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a potential disaster for our country. Instead, we will negotiate fair, bilateral trade deals that bring jobs and industry back onto American shores.”
- Federal Register (govinfo.gov)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-01-25/html/2017-01845.htm ↗
“withdraw the United States as a signatory to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), to permanently withdraw the United States from TPP negotiations, and to begin pursuing, wherever possible, bilateral trade negotiations to promote American industry”
- Office of the U.S. Trade Representativehttps://ustr.gov/countries-regions/japan-korea-apec/japan/us-japan-trade-agreement-negotiations ↗
“On October 7, 2019, the United States and Japan signed the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement and U.S.-Japan Digital Trade Agreement.”
- Roll Call / Factbase (ABC Presidential Debate transcript, September 10, 2024)https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-debate-first-presidential-kamala-harris-philadelphia-september-10-2024/ ↗
“We're doing tariffs on other countries. Other countries are going to finally, after 75 years, pay us back for all that we've done for the world. The tariff will be substantial in some cases.”
- Supreme Court of the United Stateshttps://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1287_4gcj.pdf ↗
“Held: IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs.”
“Trump threatened John Deere with a 200% import tariff if it proceeded with moving manufacturing to Mexico, saying 'if you do that, we're putting a 200 percent tariff on everything you want to sell into the United States.'”
- Singju Post (Trump interview, Economic Club of Chicago transcript)https://singjupost.com/full-transcript-trumps-interview-at-the-chicago-economic-club/ ↗
“To me, the most beautiful word in the dictionary is tariff. It's my favorite word. It needs a public relations firm.”
“Trump proposed specific tariff rates — 60 percent on Chinese goods and up to 20 percent on other U.S. imports — and said he would use tariff threats to gain concessions from foreign leaders.”
“The St. Louis Fed researchers found that companies passed 35% of tariff costs onto consumers from May through July.”
- Fortune — article reporting Trump's December 4, 2016 tweets threatening a 35% border tariff on companies that offshore and reimporthttps://fortune.com/2016/12/04/donald-trump-tariff-company-regulations/amp/ ↗
“There will be a tax on our soon to be strong border of 35% for these companies wanting to sell their product, cars, A.C. units, etc., back across the border.”
- Federal Register (govinfo.gov) - Proclamation 10908https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-03/html/2025-05930.htm ↗
“all imports of articles specified in Annex I to this proclamation or in any subsequent annex to this proclamation, as set out in a subsequent notice in the Federal Register, shall be subject to a 25 percent tariff”
- Federal Register (govinfo.gov) - Section 122 import surchargehttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-25/html/2026-03824.htm ↗
“Except as otherwise provided in this proclamation, all articles imported into the United States shall be subject to a 10 percent ad valorem duty rate.”
- Office of the U.S. Trade Representative - Phase One Agreement Fact Sheethttps://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/files/agreements/phase%20one%20agreement/US_China_Agreement_Fact_Sheet.pdf ↗
“a Phase One trade deal that requires structural reforms and other changes to China's economic and trade regime in the areas of intellectual property, technology transfer, agriculture, financial services, and currency and foreign exchange”
- Commission on Presidential Debates — official transcript, September 26, 2016 presidential debatehttps://www.debates.org/voter-education/debate-transcripts/september-26-2016-debate-transcript/ ↗
“We have to renegotiate our trade deals, and we have to stop these countries from stealing our companies and our jobs.”
- Federal Register (govinfo.gov)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-03-15/html/2018-05478.htm ↗
“this tariff is necessary and appropriate to adjust imports of steel articles so that such imports will not threaten to impair the national security”
- The White Househttps://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/america-first-trade-policy/ ↗
“shall make recommendations to ensure that such agreements are being implemented in a manner that favors domestic workers and manufacturers, not foreign nations”
- Federal Register (govinfo.gov) - Executive Order 13788https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-04-21/html/2017-08311.htm ↗
“It shall be the policy of the executive branch to maximize, consistent with law, through terms and conditions of Federal financial assistance awards and Federal procurements, the use of goods, products, and materials produced in the United States.”
- Federal Register (govinfo.gov) - Executive Order 13858https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-05/html/2019-01426.htm ↗
“encourage recipients of new Federal financial assistance awards pursuant to a covered program to use, to the greatest extent practicable, iron and aluminum as well as steel, cement, and other manufactured products produced in the United States”