Canada’s border security plan is being celebrated by members of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s administration and transition team, even as Republicans are unsure if it will prevent threatened tariffs that many Americans appear to not want.
A new poll from Quinnipiac University this week suggests 51 per cent of people in the U.S. oppose Trump’s plan to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all imports from Canada and Mexico upon taking office next month, and 60 per cent tariffs on Chinese goods. Just 38 per cent of respondents said they support the plan, which many economists say will raise prices for American consumers.
Trump explicitly tied his threat of tariffs to calls for Canada and Mexico to boost security at their respective borders to stop irregular migration and drug smuggling into the U.S.
Canadian officials on Tuesday announced a $1.3-billion border security plan that seeks to address those issues and others like sex trafficking.https://globalnews.ca/news/10925987/canada-border-security-trump-tariffs-reaction/
