Politicians in Massachusetts quickly and sharp Criticized the new tariffs of President Trump in Canada, Mexico and China on Saturday and argued that they would increase the prices for consumers and act as tax for residents and companies.
“The problem of number one with which the American people are confronted are high costs. The President's tariffs represent nothing more than a huge price increase of the cost of food, clothing, telephones, living space and energy, ”said Maura Healey, governor of Massachusetts.
Trump declared an economic emergency to hire 10 percent for all imports from China and 25 percent for imports from Mexico and Canada. Imported from Canada, including oil, natural gas and electricity, is taxed at 10 percent starts.
Healey said on Friday that electricity costs in Neuengland could increase by up to 200 million US dollars a year. She also found that the tariffs will have an impact on wood and building materials, with the construction costs aggravating and the production of new apartments in the state are standing standing. Canada is one of the largest suppliers of softwood in the United States.
Senator Elizabeth Warren said that she was concerned that Trump will insure huge companies to use his tariffs as an excuse to “increase the prices for working families while avoiding billionaires and well -networked insiders”.
Cambridge's Democrat said the tariffs should be used to “promote American production, build strong supply chains and create well -paid jobs”.
But she continued: “While China is stealing our technology and actively undermining the American industry, the President makes more than twice as hard on Ahorn syrup and avocados from Canada and Mexico.”
The Trump government said that the tariffs were an instrument to get America's neighbors to operate the spread of fentanyl to the United States and further limit illegal immigration.
The Canadian American Business Council, to which companies in Massachusetts are included in his board of directors, published an explanation on Saturday that he “strongly contradicts the decision of the Trump government”.
“Customs interferes with our interconnected supply chains deeply, endanger the energy security and undermine the economic foundation, which supports our common national security,” wrote the council.
Brooke Thomson, President and CEO of Massachusett's associated industries, told Boston Herald that the tariffs have the potential to be “counterproductive” for the growth of the state of Bavaria.
The representative Katherine Clark described Trump's tariffs as “an important tax for every person and business in America” and added that “everything rose from cars to kitchen appliances.”
“The Republicans campaigned for the cost reduction,” said the Revere Democrat and House minority in a statement. “But instead, Trump chooses fights with foreign leaders, undermines our national security and lets the Americans pay for the price.”
New England imports fuel and energy annually worth $ 10.2 billion from Canadian refineries. This number comprises approximately 80 percent of the region's petrol and diesel fuel as well as heating oil, which rely more than somewhere else in the country of New England Homes.
The Council also found that 90 percent of the Jet fuel used on the Logan International Airport came from Canada.
The New Hampshire congress delegation said in a joint letter that the potential effects on energy costs were “unreachable and unacceptable”.
Senator Jack Reed from Rhode Island questioned the administration's decision to force neighbors to the neighbors with such close relationships with the United States.
“There is no economic or strategic reason to give Canada and Mexico 25 percent tariffs, while China – an actual economic and strategic challenger – is exposed to a 10 percent tariff,” said the Democrat in a statement. “It's just another piece of his chaos agenda.”
In this report, material from the Associated Press was used.
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