Navaro stated that the minimum rules would allow China to use fentanyl and other drugs to smuggle other drugs to the United States.
Washington -White House’s trade and manufacturing advanced counselors Peter Navaro have defended the use of tariffs in the Trump administration, Mexico, Canada, and China to suppress Fentanyl’s flow to the United States.
“The President is fighting the drug war. This is not a trade war,” Navalo said at a Politic playbook event on Tuesday.
He stated that for tariffs, the administration was promptly responding from both Mexico and Canada.
On February 1, President Donald Trump has signed a presidential order of 25 % tariffs on all non -energy imports from Canada and a 10 % tariff on energy imports. The proportion of tariffs on all imports from Mexico and 10 % for all imports from China.
On February 3, Trump said that after reaching an agreement with the two countries to deal with the border crisis, Trump will suspend tariffs in Canada and Mexico.
Mexico’s President Claudia Symbaum has announced that 10,000 soldiers will dispatch 10,000 soldiers to the Mexican border to fight the inflow of illegal immigrants.
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After a call with Trump on the same day, Canadian Prime Minister Todoro announced that the Canadian government would plan a $ 1.3 billion border plan. He has also appointed the new Fentanyl Emperor and promises to launch a Canada and US joint strike to fight organizational crime, Fentanyl, and money laundering.
There are 10 % of the tariffs on Chinese products. Mr. Trump said he would discuss the issue of Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Navaro said that Trump’s trade team had “passed the checklist,” and confirmed that he would track his progress.
In Canada, Mexico’s drug cartels are rapidly expanding, emphasizing the expansion of threats to the United States.
He also pointed out that the De Minimis rules exempted all of the customs duties of less than $ 800 beyond the US border.
“What Chinese quartel has done is to smuggle not only Fentanyl but also all kinds of drugs,” said Navaro.
On February 1, Trump signed several administrative orders to cancel the “minimal exemption” of all products imported from Canada, Mexico and China.
Deleting the De Minimis standard means that products of all value are subject to all obligations evaluated by the United States.
On Tuesday, China has imposed several US products and published a Google survey.
Navaro did not comment on Beijing retaliation on new US tariffs.
“I won’t go ahead of the boss,” Navaro said.
“Let’s see what will happen.”
At the Politico event, Linda Sanchez (D-Calif), a ranking member of the House Ways and Means trade subcommittee, said Trump’s tariffs would not stop Fentanil coming to the country.
“It’s a performance. It’s a theater,” she said. “In fact, it sucks the market and creates uncertainty.”
However, Sanchez acknowledged that 90 % of domestic Fentanyl came from a package in De Minims Standard.
She said Trump’s order to prevent these packages from entering the tax exemption country, but said that their actions were temporary.
“In order to be permanent, the parliament needs to act because it is our jurisdiction.”
At the event, Mr. Adrian Smith (R-NEB), the chairman of the Trading Committee, is not a fans of duties, but he cooperates in cooperation with the reaction coming from Canada and Mexico. He said he praised him to cooperate. Fentanyl crisis.
