Biden for Trump: “I hope to review customs duties in Mexico and Canada, they are our important allies”

He said he hopes that the new president of the United States will revise his plan to impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada, saying that this could spoil relations with close allies. “I hope Donald Trump will reconsider. I think it is counterproductive to do this,” Joe Biden told reporters in Nantucket today (28.11.2024). “We have an unusual situation in America, we are surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean and two allies: Mexico and Canada. The last thing we have to do is start destroying these relationships.” On Monday Trump said he would impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico until they take tougher measures on drug trafficking and migrants crossing the border, a move that could violate the US-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement. Mexican President Claudia Shainbaum said today that she did not specifically discuss the tariff issue in a telephone conversation with Trump yesterday, adding that the two agreed that there would be good relations between the two states. After telephone communication, Trump said Shanebaum “said to stop immigration through Mexico and towards the US, essentially closing our Southern Borders.” However, the President of Mexico said she presented a strategy that “focused” on immigrants before reaching the American border.