View from a bird's flight in a queue next to the border wall before switching to the United States in Port Commercial Port in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, January 22, 2025.
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Industry and corporate leaders weigh after the US president Donald Trump After its threat to apply tariffs to Canada, Mexico and China.
On Saturday, Trump Peter Navarro trade and production advisor confirmed that the president would continue on 25% of tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, as well as 10% of the obligation in China. Energy resources from Canada will have a lower 10%tariff.
A number of industries, from houses to alcohol producers, described in detail the tariffs of impact on their companies and consumers. Other leaders of the company expressed concerns about the threat of tariffs before the Saturday order. Here are some of their statements.
John Murphy, senior vice president of the US Chamber of Commerce, head of the international
“The president is right to focus on serious problems, such as our broken border and plague of fentanyl, but the imposition of tariffs within the IEEP is unprecedented, will not solve these problems and raise prices only for American families and will increase the supply chains. The Chamber will consult our members, including the main enterprises through streets throughout the country, to determine the next steps to prevent economic damage to Americans. . “
Shawn Fain, president of United Auto Workers Union
“UAW supports aggressive tariff activities in order to protect American jobs in production as a good first step to reversing decades of trading policy against employees. We do not support the use of factory employees as pawns in the fight for immigration or drug policy. We are ready to support the use by the Trump administration to stop the closing of plants and limit the force of corporations that put employees against employees in other countries. , leaves American employees, in the face of deteriorating wages and working conditions, even when the administration undertakes aggressive tariff activities.
“If Trump seriously approaches the restoration of a good work in a blue collar destroyed by Naft, Dog and WTO, he should go a step further and immediately strive for renegotiating our broken trade agreements. However, in front of which we are facing drugs or immigration, but about the working class, which has been behind for generations, while corporate America uses employees abroad and consumers at home for huge Wall Street payments. All tariff activities should be followed by the renegotiation of USMCA and a full review of the corporate trade system, which devastated the American and global working class. “
John Bozzella, president and general director of Alliance for Automotive Innovation
“Easy -free automotive trade in North America bills for $ 300 billion of economic value. Not only does it keep us all over the world, but also supports work in the automotive industry, the choice of vehicle and the price affordability of the vehicle in America. We are looking forward to cooperation with administration over solutions that achieve solutions achieved by the president's goals and keep a healthy, competitive automotive industry in America. “
Governor Matt Blunt, president of American Automotive Policy Council
“We still think that vehicles and parts that meet the rigorous requirements for domestic and regional Usmca should be exempt from tariff growth. Our American car manufacturers who have invested billions in the US to meet these requirements should not have competitiveness undermined by the tariffs will raise the costs of building vehicles in the United States and investment stimpens in the American working force. “
Jay Timmons, president and general director of the National Producers Association
“(W) ITH ith IM Essential Tax reforms left on the floor in ties through the last congress and biden administration, producers are already in the face of growing pressure. Production more competitive around the world.
“Wave effects will be serious, especially in the case of small and medium -sized producers who do not have flexibility and capital to quickly find alternative suppliers or absorb rapid energy costs. Companies that were entitled to millions of American employees-they had to meet significant interference. Ultimately, manufacturers will bear the burden of these tariffs, undermining our ability to sell our products at a competitive price and exposing American jobs. “
Carl Harris, Chairman of the National Association of Home Builders
“On the first day of President Trump's office, he issued an executive order managing departments and agencies in order to ensure a relief at emergency prices, conducting activities to reduce housing costs and increase the supply of apartments. This movement to raise the tariffs by 25% to Canadian and Mexican goods will have the opposite effect.
“Tariffs for wood and other building materials increase construction costs and discourage new development, and consumers pay for tariffs in the form of higher house prices. NaHB calls the administration to re -consider this action in the case of tariffs and we will continue to work with decision -makers to eliminate barriers that make the apartments more expensive and prevent builders from increasing the production of apartments. “
David McCall, international president of United Steelworkers Union
“Use has long required a systemic reform of our broken trade system, but a blow to key allies, such as Canada, is not a way forward. Canada turned out to be one of our strongest partners again and again when it comes to national security, and our economies are deeply integrated. “
“Employees and their communities count on their chosen leaders to make strategic decisions that help confront evil commercial entities, such as China, while supporting national production capacity. Our relationship calls on President Trump to reverse the course on Canadian tariffs so that we can focus on commercial solutions that will serve families working in long -term perspective. “
Tom Madrecki, vice president of the Consumer Association of the Association for Resistance of the Supply Chain
“Tariffs for all imported goods from Mexico and Canada – especially for ingredients and contributions that are not available in the USA – can lead to higher consumer prices and retaliation against US exporters. Despite obtaining the vast majority of components and contributions from American farms and American farms and American farms and farms of domestic suppliers, CPGs depend on global supply chains for some imports due to the unique cultivation conditions and other limiting factors around the world.
“We call on leaders in Mexico and Canada to cooperate with President Trump in order to protect consumers' access to inexpensive products and remove tariffs that could contribute to food inflation.”
Council of Direch Spirits in the USA, the House of Industry Tequila and Spirits Canada
“Our associations are involved in cooperation with all interested parties in order to examine solutions that prevent potential tariffs of distilled ghosts. We are deeply concerned that American tariffs for imported ghosts from Canada and Mexico will significantly harm all three countries and lead to a series of retaliatory tariffs, it negatively affects our common industry. “
David French, vice president of the National Retail Federation for government relations
“We call on the administration of Trump and Canadian, Mexican and Chinese rule to arrive at the negotiating table and resolved our overdue boundary security problems as soon as possible. Applying steep tariffs with our three closest trading partners is a serious step and definitely encourage us all parties to further negotiate with appropriate seriousness to avoid changing the costs of common policy failures to the backs of American families, employees and small businesses.
“Tariffs are only one tool at the administration's disposal to reach a safe border, and we call it to discover other tools that can achieve the same goals. As long as these universal tariffs are in place, Americans will be forced to pay higher prices for daily consumer goods. “
Michael Hanson, Executive Vice President of the Public Association of Retail Association
“We understand that the president is working on an agreement. Leaders of all four nations should meet and work to achieve a contract before February 4, because the introduction of wide tariffs will be destructive for the US economy. The American people are counting on President Trump to develop the US economy and lower inflation, and the tariffs extensively exposed to risk, “he said.
Shannon Williams, general director of the Home Association
“At the beginning of next week, we expect retailers to be affected by a price increase from producers to cover the costs of tariffs.”
Details are preparing for price increases
Walmart CFO John David Rainy said CNBC in November: “We never want to raise prices. Our model is everyday low prices. But there will probably be cases in which prices will increase for consumers. “
Lowe's CEO of Marvin Ellison said CNBC: “We are not waiting for action. We have plans. We have scenarios and we try to understand implications. “
Levi's Main finance Singh Hermit in January: “The first goal would be to minimize the impact on the consumer. That is why we work with our suppliers, look at our cost base, look at other price capabilities and if we cannot cover it, of course we need to protect the company's structural economy.
Executive Chairman Shein Donald Tang said CNBC in January that the retailer's products may remain affordable as long as the proposed tariffs of President Donald Trump are “used equally”.
Best purchase Corie Barry Corie – he said in November That higher tariff costs would be divided by the company, suppliers and customers: “these are goods that people need, and higher prices are not helpful.”
Edward Rosenfeld, general director Steve Madden – he said in November that the brand “plans a potential scenario in which we would have to lead goods from China faster.”