Donald Trump imposing 10 per cent tariff on China starting Feb 1

Trump syas, "We're talking about a tariff of 10 per cent on China based on the fact that they're sending fentanyl to Mexico and Canada"

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his team is discussing imposing a 10 per cent tariff on China starting February 1 based on the fact that the latter is sending fentanyl to Mexico and Canada.

“We’re talking about a tariff of 10 per cent on China based on the fact that they’re sending fentanyl to Mexico and Canada,” Trump said at a joint news conference at the White House along with Oracle CTO Larry Ellison, Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son, and Open AI CEO Sam Altman.

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In response to a question, Trump said he is looking at February 1 as the date for the tariffs. “For Mexico and China, we’re talking about approximately 25 per cent (tariff),” the President said.