“To protect the state” .. Trump renews his threat to impose fees on America’s imports

US President Donald Trump said he wanted to increase the expected customs duties on a wide range of American imports by much higher than 2.5%.
And that is in the latest episode of his series of references to his intention to impose large -scale fees for reshaping American supply chains.
“I put in my mind what it will be, but I have not decided it yet, but it will be enough to protect our country,” Trump told reporters late yesterday evening.
In response to a question about a report saying that the Secretary of the Treasury appointed Scott Besent prefers to start imposing general fees on American imports by 2.5%, Trump said he does not believe that Pesent supports this and he himself will not prefer him, adding that he wants a much higher fees than 2.5%.

Semi -conductors and medicines

Trump was talking to journalists on the US presidential plane during the return flight from Florida to Washington, where he pledged to impose fees on specific sectors, including semiconductor, medicines, steel, copper and aluminum.
He also strongly indicated the possibility of imposing fees on cars from Canada and Mexico, the two countries, which threatened to impose fees on their products by 25% by the first of next February.
“With the increased fees on imports from other countries, taxes will decrease on Americans and a huge number of jobs and factories will return to the homeland … remember the word of fees, we will protect our people and companies and we will protect our country with fees,” Trump said during a meeting of Republican members in the US House of Representatives in Miami, Florida, “With increasing fees on imports from other countries, taxes will decrease on Americans and a huge number of jobs and factories will return to the homeland … Remember the word fees we will protect our people and companies and we will protect our country with fees,” .