Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he will introduce very serious tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada in an effort to combat drug trafficking.
“And we are going to put very serious tariffs on Mexico and Canada, because Canada, they come through Canada too, and the drugs that are coming through are at record numbers, record numbers,” Trump told a press conference in Mar-a-Lago.
In late November, Trump announced that upon taking office, he would impose 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico due to unresolved issues related to illegal immigration and drug trafficking in the US.
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