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Post by Ben Reilly Thu Jan 26, 2017 9:35 pm

(CNN)President Donald Trump has decided he will seek to pay for the wall on the US's southern border by imposing a 20% tax on imports from Mexico and as part of a larger comprehensive tax reform plan, the White House said Thursday.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said the comprehensive tax reform package Trump and Republicans are looking to put together will include taxing imports from other countries, like Mexico.

"By doing it that we can do $10 billion a year and easily pay for the wall just through that mechanism alone. That's really going to provide the funding," Spicer said, referring to a 20% tax. According to the Office of the US Trade Representative, Mexico's exports to the US in 2015 was valued at $316.4 billion. The trade deficit is estimated to be $50 billion.

The new White House plan comes as the Mexican President canceled a planned meeting with Trump after the US president signed an executive order Wednesday kicking off the process of building the border wall and vowed once again to force Mexico to pay for it.

Mexico has adamantly rejected the notion that they would fund the border wall, and Trump said Thursday that he had agreed to cancel the meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and would take a different route to address funding for the wall.

That alternative route appears to be lodged in raising a massive import tax on goods exported from Mexico to the US -- a tax that could cause the price of US consumer goods produced in Mexico to skyrocket.

Despite the controversial nature of the proposal, which is likely to be met by stiff opposition from business leaders in the US, Spicer said the proposal is one "we've been in close contact with both houses (of Congress) in moving forward and creating a plan."

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/26/politics/donald-trump-mexico-import-tax-border-wall/index.html
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Post by Victorismyhero Thu Jan 26, 2017 9:40 pm

perhaps us brits should begin to talk to mexico when we......you know...dump the E.U.
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Post by veya_victaous Fri Jan 27, 2017 12:27 am

you'll be too slow, you cant officially make deals till you are formally out of the EU

and the Aussies are already in there trying to join the remaining 11 TPP memebers, Canada is unlikely to (which is a shame I like their whiskey) Japan is a maybe but as the largest economy in the 11 it will have a lot of power in the new negotiations. Japan is less likely to embrace the Chinese joining which could prove problematic.

Mexico might just because of all the anti-Mexican rhetoric by trump.
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Post by 'Wolfie Fri Jan 27, 2017 3:12 am

veya_victaous wrote:you'll be too slow, you cant officially make deals till you are formally out of the EU

and the Aussies are already in there trying to join the remaining 11 TPP memebers, Canada is unlikely to (which is a shame I like their whiskey)  Japan is a maybe but as the largest economy in the 11 it will have a lot of power in the new negotiations. Japan is less likely to embrace the Chinese joining which could prove problematic.

Mexico might just because of all the anti-Mexican rhetoric by trump.
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IF Mexico, Australia, Chile and New Zealand have some freed up trade relations it could also reinvigorate other local discussions...

If Malaysia, South Korea and Singapore return to the discussions, than that may prompt Japan to join in as well --  they are still Oz's second biggest customer for exports..

If 8 or 9 "Pacific Rim" countries are on board, than China would certainly be interested.

As for Canada --  if the Trump administration were to turn on them next after Mexico, then Canada may well enter into discussions later on down the track,  as well..
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Post by 'Wolfie Fri Jan 27, 2017 3:24 am

Lord Foul wrote:
perhaps us brits should begin to talk to mexico when we......you know...dump the E.U.

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There are some other countries that may be ripe for renegotiated trade deals, that are also more conveniently placed geographically;  (Sure, Mexico and Chile have the Panama Canal --  but they are already in negotiations with other Pacific countries..).

Like Brazil, Argentina, South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, the Ukraine -- all may have something to trade with Britain..

Closer than some other leading competitors, as well ?
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