Trump threatens to apply tariffs of up to 200% on cars imported from Mexico

The Republican candidate for the presidency of the United States, Donald Trump, threatened yesterday to impose tariffs of up to 200 percent on vehicles imported from Mexico, as part of his rhetoric of economic protectionism with a view to the elections on November 5.

On September 24, during a campaign speech in Savannah, Georgia, Trump promised to impose a 100 percent tariff on any vehicle imported from Mexico. Yesterday at his rally at an airport in Juneau, Wisconsin, he doubled the figure.

We will put a 200 percent tariff if we have to. We’re not going to let it happen. We are not going to let those cars enter the United States.warned the businessman and politician, who is in a close electoral race for the presidency of the United States with Democrat Kamala Harris.

In addition, Trump pledged to strengthen the American automobile industry.

The Tax Policy Center think tank has warned that a massive new tariff on Mexican vehicle exports would likely raise the cost of automobiles, both domestic and imported, used and new.

At the time, the then virtual president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, considered very difficult that the United States would impose tariffs on automobiles or auto parts manufactured in Mexico, since doing so would imply an increase in the cost of the units for the neighboring country.

I find it very difficult that they are going to impose tariffs, and the truth must always be put above, what is happening, before any political issue. One thing is what is said in the campaign and another is what is actually going to be done.indicated the current president.