Honda intends to move production of one of its best-selling car models to the U.S. from Mexico in an attempt to avoid potential tariffs, Reuters reported on Monday.
The major automaker decided to shift production of its next-generation Civic hybrid car to Indiana, three anonymous sources told Reuters. The news comes after President Donald Trump on Feb. 1 imposed 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico alongside 10% tariffs on imported goods from China in an attempt to stop deadly drugs and illegal migrants coming into the U.S. from the countries.
When announcing the tariffs, the White House wrote that Trump was “taking bold action to hold Mexico, Canada and China accountable to their promises of halting illegal immigration and stopping poisonous fentanyl and other drugs from flowing into our country.”
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Ultimately, Trump agreed to temporarily pause the implementation of new tariffs on Mexico and Canada after the Mexican government promised to send thousands of troops to boost security at the U.S.-Mexico border and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed to secure the northern border. (RELATED: ‘America First’: Trump Aims To Dismantle Globalist Trade Policies)
Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on Thursday that illicit drugs were still flowing into the U.S. at “unacceptable levels,” and that he would resume imposing the 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico on March 4. The president also added that he plans to double the 10% tariffs on Chinese imports the same day.
“Drugs are still pouring into our Country from Mexico and Canada at very high and unacceptable levels,” Trump wrote in the social media post. “A large percentage of these Drugs, much of them in the form of Fentanyl, are made in, and supplied by, China. More than 100,000 people died last year due to the distribution of these dangerous and highly addictive POISONS. Millions of people have died over the last two decades. The families of the victims are devastated and, in many instances, virtually destroyed. We cannot allow this scourge to continue to harm the USA, and therefore, until it stops, or is seriously limited, the proposed TARIFFS scheduled to go into effect on MARCH FOURTH will, indeed, go into effect, as scheduled. China will likewise be charged an additional 10% Tariff on that date. The April Second Reciprocal Tariff date will remain in full force and effect. Thank you for your attention to this matter. GOD BLESS AMERICA!”
Ahead of Trump’s recent return to the White House, there were a growing number of reports of U.S.-based companies gearing up to shift their production out of foreign countries such as China in anticipation of the incoming Trump administration implementing new tariffs. Notably, Trump signaled on Feb. 19 that reaching a trade deal with Beijing was “possible.”
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