Trump proposes 'External Revenue Service' to tax foreign sources

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Trump has said he will levy a 25% tariff on all goods from Canada and Mexico and raise the tariff on Chinese-produced goods by 10% after taking office.
52% : "U.S. Customs and Border Protection already is tasked with enforcing and collecting tariff revenues from foreign trade partners, CBS News reported.
45% : "Trump announced his intent to create the "External Revenue Service" to collect tariffs, duties and other revenues that come from foreign sources.
42% : "For far too long, we have relied on taxing our great people using the Internal Revenue Service," Trump said Tuesday morning in a Truth Social post."Through soft and pathetically weak trade agreements, the American economy has delivered growth and prosperity to the world while taxing ourselves," Trump continued.
36% : "We will begin charging those that make money off of us with trade," Trump said.
33% : Trump did not say how the proposed External Revenue Service might improve upon the existing mechanisms for charging and collecting tariffs, duties and other payments from foreign trade partners.

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