Trump: Tariffs on Mexico and Canada will be announced Saturday

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said that that the tariff announcement was coming on Saturday.
51% : White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday that Trump intended to go ahead with his tariff plan, but Howard Lutnick, Trump's nominee for commerce secretary, said Wednesday that Mexico and Canada could avoid blanket 25% tariffs on their exports if they acted quickly to stop the flow of fentanyl to the U.S. "As far as I know, they are acting swiftly, and if they execute it, there will be no tariff.
50% : We have all the the trees you need, meaning the lumber," Trump said.
49% : " "The tariff situation remained fluid on Friday and no decision is final until Trump makes a public announcement," the news agency said.
49% : It added that a March 1 commencement date "would buy time for negotiations over actions by Canada and Mexico to meet Trump's stated goals for the duties" -- to pressure the two countries to stem the flow of migrants and drugs to the U.S. On Thursday, Trump said "we'll be announcing the tariffs on Canada and Mexico for a number of reasons.
45% : " "The situation is fluid and Trump still may go through with his vow to slap 25%, across-the-board levies on imports from America's two largest trading partners," the newspaper said.
42% : "It depends on what their price is -- if the oil is properly priced, if they treat us properly, which they don't," Trump said.
40% : "Number two are the drugs, fentanyl and everything else, that have come into the country and number three are the massive subsidies that we're giving to Canada and to Mexico in the form of [trade] deficits," Trump said.
39% : Trump, based on his comments on Thursday, is not yet satisfied with the efforts made by Mexico and Canada, even though Mexican authorities regularly make large drug busts and the number of migrants crossing into the U.S. between official ports of entry has declined significantly in recent months.
38% : Reuters, citing three people familiar with the U.S. government's planning, reported on Friday that Trump "is expected to announce new tariffs against Canada and Mexico that will begin on March 1, but will include a process for the countries to seek specific exemptions for certain imports.
29% : After Trump pledged in November to implement a 25% tariff on Mexican and Canadian exports, Ebrard said that the United States would be shooting itself in the foot if the plan eventuated.
27% : Those tariffs may or may not rise with time," he said. Trump also said that Mexico and Canada -- the United States' USMCA free trade partners -- "have never been good to us on trade.
21% : The imposition of blanket 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian exports to the United States would violate the terms of the USMCA, but Trump appears unconcerned about that.

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