During the morning of this Sunday, March 9, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, He participated in an interview that was broadcast in the program “Sunday Morning Futures With Maria Bartiromo” of the American television channel, Fox News, where he talked about the reciprocal tariffs that will enter into force on April 2.
According to the Republican president, the 30 -day posting that was granted to Mexico and Canada It was simply “a small respite” for all, taking into consideration that duty On some Canadian and Mexican products “they could go up” according to the passing of the months and that “only time will say.”
The theme of tariffs began at the beginning of February, when Donald Trump announced tariffs of the 25% to their neighboring countries, however, these tariffs were delayed a month and were imposed for the past Tuesday, March 4; However, the president subsequently decided to pause them again another month, until the beginning of April.
For his part, the New York tycoon did not want to predict if the United States was going to suffer a economic recession In 2025, because this reflects a decrease in productionemployment and income, among other indicators, since it is a period in which the economic activity of a country contracts by two quarters consecutive.
Changes to tariff plans
Since the second mandate of the Republican began, Donald Trump has continued to make various changes in his tariff plans; As for example, last Friday, March 7, threatened new tariffs to the wood Already the milk products from Canada, which will probably enter into force the Monday, March 10.
The changes of opinion by Trump, where he announces one month in most of his tariffs, also affects the decisions of the other leaders, as is the case of the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, who postponed the tariffs of reprisal; While the Prime Minister of Canada did keep them.
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The Canadian Justin Trudeau He said at a press conference, on Thursday, March 6, that these changes in tariff policies “run with the risk of generating a COMMERCIAL WAR “ between Canada and the United States in the predictable future, because the free treaty trade that began in 2020.
In turn, the US Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, confirmed on Saturday, March 8 that 25% tariffs promised by President Donald Trump to imports from steel and aluminum If they will begin on April 2 and “there will be no going back”, or any type of delay that these measures can postpone.
According to Howard Lutnick, the tariffs promised by Donald Trump “will continue until the president feels comfortable“With the way in which Mexico and Canada are handling the flow of Fentanyl and irregular migration, because the republican movements are part of a war against Drugs and the illegal immigration.
“What happens was that Donald Trump launched a war against drugs, not a Commercial Warand it was part of the negotiation to ensure that Canada and Mexico would stop sending fentanil through our borders; And as we have seen progress, we have relaxed some of the tariffs we put on them, “Lutnick added in ABC News.
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For now, a good part of the uncertainty in the United States comes from Donald Trump’s comings and laps on tariffs, mainly with dates changes and different sectors affected, so dozens of companies and Investors They try to understand the president’s measures to define his strategy for 2025.
The economists of Goldman Sachsone of the largest investment groups in the world, increased their expectation of an economic recession for the US in the next 12 months of 15 to 20%, due to Trump’s policies; while the financial institution Morgan Stanley predicts “mild growth” than expected.