“We will be making the announcement shortly,” he said reporters at a meeting with his cabinet colleagues. “It’ll be 25% generally speaking and that will be on cars and all other things.”
Responding “firmly and immediately against unjustified tariffs” was the European Union’s stated promise.
Trump’s speech raised concerns about his trade policies since he seemed to hint that the impending tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports, which were scheduled to take effect on March 4, would be delayed once more.
Later, an administration official stated that the deadline was still in effect and that the president would be reviewing border security measures taken by Canada and Mexico in the days ahead.
