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President Donald Trump said Monday the U.S. will pause the implementation of its sweeping tariffs on the country for a month as Mexico ramps up its forces on the U.S.-Mexico border—but reiterated taxes against China and Canada are still on—after Trump’s decision to impose sweeping tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China led to retaliation from Canadian leaders and rattled global markets.
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reports, adding the country believes the move violates WTO policies and China “may be forced to take countermeasures” against Trump’s taxes on its imports.
China’s ambassador to the United Nations Fu Cong said China will file a lawsuit with the World Trade Organization against Trump’s tariffs, The New York Timestold reporters in the Oval Office his 10% tariffs against China are an “opening salvo” and could still go up further and reiterated that the tariffs against Canada and China will still take effect Tuesday though Mexico’s taxes are paused, also saying the U.S. isn’t “treated well” by Canada and he “[doesn’t] know” what the northern country could do to keep the tariffs from taking effect.
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