Trump says that 25 % tariffs between Mexico and Canada may not contain oil.

Donald Trump has confirmed that a 25 % tariff will be imposed on imports from Mexico and Canada in February, following the threat issued a few weeks ago.

Blanket tariffs on national products come into effect on Saturday, February 1st.

But on Thursday evening, he talked to a reporter in an oval office, and Trump told reporters that he had not yet decided whether his administration would be included in his policy. When the oil is properly priced. “

“As long as I’m worried, oil will have nothing to do with it,” he said. “We will probably oil the determination tonight, so we will see it because they are sending oil to us -it depends on what their price is.”

March contract Brent crude oil -Olstilled global benchmark -London’s 8:06 am, trading about $ 76.92 per barrel.

Trump told reporters that the approaching duty was “for some reasons,” “it may rise over time, or not.”

“The number one is a very scary and very much pouring of our country,” he said. “No. 2 is Fentanyl and all the other drugs that have come to the country, and the third is a large subsidy we have given to Canada and Mexico in a deficit.”

“I will have 25 % of tariffs in Canada and 25 % in Mexico. We have a very large deficit in those countries, so we have to do so.” Is added.

The Mexican and Canadian government representatives could not comment immediately when they were contacted by CNBC, but both countries have previously promised to deal with tariffs in their own measures.

“With US tariffs, Mexico will also raise duties,” said President Claudia Symbaum. According to a press conference, a press conference was added that the price of American consumers would rise.

Earlier this month, when I talked to CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street”, Mary NG, the Minister of International Trade and Trading in Canada, stated that “everything is on the table” for the US tariffs, and export to energy exports to the United States. Rejects excluding exclusions. 。

“When raising tariffs on Canada, what we do is to make things more expensive for Americans,” she said.

However, there is a concern that tariffs will collide with Canada and Mexican consumers. For example, earlier this week, a Canadian bank policy device warned that such measures could cause sustainable inflation in Japan.

Both Mexico pesos and Canada dollar On Friday morning, the US dollar was highly affected and collected the loss overnight.

Pesos increased by 0.3 % at 8:18 am in London, and Canadian dollars increased by 0.2 % against green backs.