Energy imports from Canada will also be subject to a 10% tax. Although he has promised to employ tariffs to encourage local manufacturing,
President Trump had been threatening them to get better cooperation from the nations in preventing illegal immigration and the smuggling of ingredients needed to make fentanyl.
“Those tariffs will be in place starting tomorrow,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters at a news conference on Friday, January 31.
The president has made and fulfilled these pledges. The impact of Trump’s tariffs on the cost of food and petrol
Every American home is expected to be impacted by the tariffs; families may see an increase in the cost of their monthly grocery shopping. Phil Lempert, editor of The Supermarket Guru, told ABC:
“Mexico supplies around 63% of our veggies. About 50% of fruit and nuts originate from such sources. If we look at our beef, we can see that it is from Canada.
