Trump tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China will start Saturday, WH says

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : In his first term, Trump imposed tariffs with a flourish -- targeting imported solar panels, steel, aluminum and pretty much everything from China.
57% : In the United States, tariffs are collected by Customs and Border Protection agents at 328 ports of entry across the country. RELATED:
51% : Trump has also pledged to use tariffs to boost domestic manufacturing.
47% : She said Trump will impose a 25% tariff on Canadian and Mexican imports starting Feb. 1, and a 10% tariff on Chinese imports starting the same day.
47% : "Tariffs are the greatest thing ever invented,'' Trump said at a rally in Flint, Michigan, during his presidential campaign.
45% : Tariffs can be lower for countries with which the United States has trade agreements.
39% : These retaliatory tariffs were only partly offset by billions in government aid that Trump doled out to farmers.
38% : What they're saying: Trump has said tariffs will create more factory jobs, shrink the federal deficit, lower food prices and allow the government to subsidize childcare.
32% : Big picture view: Trump insists that they are paid for by foreign countries.
31% : That will change under new tariffs imposed by Trump. RELATED: Trump proposes abolishment of federal income tax Trump's tariffs are an about-face to the trade agreement he himself negotiated with Canada and Mexico in his first term.
29% : Trump even sees tariffs as a way to prevent wars.
28% : In 2019, for example, Trump used the threat of tariffs as leverage to persuade Mexico to crack down on waves of Central American migrants crossing Mexican territory on their way to the United States.
26% : What we know: Trump had been threatening tariffs to ensure greater cooperation from the countries on stopping illegal immigration and the smuggling of chemicals used for fentanyl.

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