Trump prepares radical shift in Mexico, Canada relationships with new tariffs

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : "If Canada is going to rely on America for its economic growth, how about you treat our farmers, our ranchers and our fishermen with respect?"During his first term, Trump led a renegotiation of NAFTA that earned praised from Democrats and union advocates for boosting U.S. products through various labor and environmental stipulations.
56% : But Trump has expanded the aims of his tariffs -- and his ire with Canada and Mexico -- during his second term.
41% : Fishman added that Canada and Mexico could take even more drastic steps to hurt the U.S. if Trump keeps steep tariffs on their goods, including curtailing oil production or halting certain imports or exports entirely.
37% : "Trump himself has brushed off the potential costs of tariffs, which are taxes paid by the U.S. individuals and companies who ordered and imported targeted products.
37% : "Trump has griped for years that the U.S. imports more goods from Canada and Mexico than they do from the States, a dynamic reflected in trade deficits with each nation.
36% : Trump is expected to announce Saturday steep new tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico, after pledging for months to impose import taxes on two close U.S. allies.
34% : "And I think that's why you see a lot of people, including folks who supported President Trump, voice a lot of concerns," added Fishman, author of the forthcoming book "Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare.
33% : Trump and his protectionist allies have long argued that the U.S. should rebalance trade with Canada and Mexico as a matter of basic fairness.
16% : President Trump is on the cusp of upending North American trade, threatening to strike a radical blow to relationships with America's top economic partners.

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