Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ plans ‘still very fluid’, since it is committed to risk tariff policy: Source
President Donald Trump will present on Wednesday at the Rosas de la Casa White Garden, which is expected to be “reciprocal tariffs” in imports as part of his “America First” agenda.
A moment ago months ago in the creation of the president who has repeatedly announced him as “day of liberation”, claiming that he will release the United States from the dependence of foreign goods and saying that “we are going to recover much of the wealth that we so foolishly give to other countries.”
Although only a few hours before the announcement, Trump and his main advisors were still trying to find some common land where they agree.
“Everything is very fluid,” said a superior administration official on Wednesday morning after meetings on the subject.
The tariff announcement is a serious political commitment to Trump, who returned to the White House largely due to his promise to improve the economy.
“On April 2, 2025, it will happen as one of the most important days in the modern history of the United States,” the White House Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said Tuesday.
However, some economists have expressed concerns about their movements could make the economy slide in a recession and the markets sit down before Wednesday’s announcement, scheduled for 4 pm et, after markets end trade.
In this archive photo of November 13, 2020, President Donald Trump speaks in the Rosas Garden at the White House in Washington, DC
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The White House has been a mother in details before Wednesday’s announcement, just confirming that tariffs will take effect immediately after being announced.
Selina Wang reported some options discussed in recent weeks, said Selina Wang correspondent for the White House of ABC News, a flat rate of 20% in all imports; Different tariff levels for each country depending on its taxes on US products; o Tariffs about approximately 15% of countries with the highest commercial imbalances with the United States
Trump still met with his rates team on Tuesday to finish the details, Leavitt said, “perfecting” politics “to make sure that this is a perfect treatment for the American people and the US worker.”
Since its inauguration, Trump has implemented layings on specific products, including steel and aluminum. He has also put some tariffs on goods from China, Canada and Mexico.
The actions have tense relations with Canada and Mexico, two key allies and neighbors. Prime Minister Mark Carney said last week, the deep relationship of the United States and Canada about economic, security and military problems had effectively ended.
Canada has promised retaliation rates and Mexico said it will give its response at the end of this week. The European Union also said it has a “strong plan to retaliate.”
But Trump’s officials and administration are moving forward, arguing that the United States has been unfairly “torn” by other nations for years and is time for reciprocity.
“It’s simple: if you make your product in the United States, you will not pay tariffs,” Leavitt said Tuesday.
The load trucks are directed towards us at the commercial crossing of Otay in Tijuana, State of Baja California, Mexico, March 27, 2025.
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The economy was the main issue for voters in the presidential elections of 2024, with the Americans blaming President Joe Biden for high prices and Trump promising to bring financial relief from families.
The administration has painted tariffs such as Panacea for the large written economy, arguing that any experience experienced in the short term will be compensated with what they predict that important impulses in manufacturing, the growth of employment and income of the government will be important.
But it is not clear how much the public margin is willing to give Trump to overcome what he has called “a bit of disturbance.”
Already, just over two months after Trump’s second term, surveys show that their economy management is being received with rejection.
A Public Affairs Research Center of Associated Press-NORC survey Published on Monday he found that most Americans (58%) disapprove how Trump has been handling the economy.
In their commercial protectionist negotiations with other nations, specifically, 60% of Americans said they disapproved of their approach so far. It was his weakest problem in the survey among Republicans.
Trump’s republican allies in Capitol Hill have said they are trusting the president, but recognized some uncertainty to begin.
“It can be rocky at the beginning, but I think this will make sense for Americans and help all Americans,” said the president of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, in his weekly press conference with other members of the Republican leadership.
“You will see that prices change,” said representative Rich McCormick, a Georgia Republican, to ABC News correspondent, Jay O’Brien. “We are responsible for the American people. We represent them, if they are talking strong enough … I think the president has been very good to react to the public.”
The president of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, calls questions about tariffs while gathering with journalists at a press conference, in Capitol, in Washington, on April 1, 2025.
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Senate Democrats planned to try to force a vote aimed at reducing Trump authorities to impose taxes on Canada.
The minority leader, Chuck Schumer, at a press conference along with other Democrats on Tuesday, criticized Trump’s recent comments that “he could not matter less” if foreign car manufacturers increase prices due to tariffs, the encumbrances that will also come into force on Wednesday.
“Do you listen to that? Donald Trump says he couldn’t matter less if you pay more,” said Schumer.
“The president has justified the imposition of these rates on, in my opinion, an invented emergency,” said Senator Tim Kaine, a Democrat of Virginia.
