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Biden urges Trump to reconsider tariffs on Mexico and Canada

US President Biden on Wednesday urged President-elect Donald Trump to reconsider plans to impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada, saying they could destroy the country’s “close ties” with allies. Photo taken on 26th (2024 Reuters/Nathan Howard)

NANTUCKET, Mass. (Reuters) – U.S. President Biden on Wednesday urged President Trump to reconsider plans to impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada, saying they could damage “close ties” with allies.

Speaking to reporters on Nantucket Island during his visit, Biden said the United States should not jeopardize relations with nearby allies Mexico and Canada, saying the tariffs Trump’s proposal is fruitless. “I hope you’ll reconsider,” he said.

President-elect Trump announced on the 25th that he would impose a 25% tariff on all imports from Mexico and Canada on his first day in office. See more

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Jeff Mason is a White House correspondent for Reuters. He has covered presidents Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden and the presidential campaigns of Biden, Trump, Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain. He served as president of the White House Correspondents’ Association in 2016-2017, leading the media group in advocating for press freedom in the early days of the Trump administration. His work and that of the WHCA was recognized with Deutsche Welle’s “Freedom of Speech Award”. Jeff has posed pointed questions to domestic and foreign leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. He is a WHCA “Excellence in Presidential News Coverage Under Deadline” award winner and a co-winner of the Business Journalists Association “Breaking News” award. to Brussels, Belgium, where he covered e the European Union of Journalism and a former Fulbright scholar.

2024-11-28 21:35:00
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