“If you want to do business elsewhere, you will have to pay customs duties”, which could weigh “hundreds of billions of dollars”, explained the American president.
It is a formal threat, brandished by the American president. Speaking during a highly anticipated videoconference in Davos this Thursday, Donald Trump once again called on world business leaders to create factories and produce in the United States, or risk losing their exports. to Uncle Sam's country weighed down by significant customs duties.
“My message to businesses is: come and produce in America and you will benefit from the lowest taxes on the planet,” explained the occupant of the Oval Office. If you want to do business elsewhere, you will be faced with customs tariffs”which could weigh “hundreds of billions of dollars, or even more,” said Donald Trump. Money that will be used for “financing the debt” of the United States, the “best place to build factories and do business”.
The Head of State spoke in front of an audience of personalities, including Christine Lagarde, the President of the ECB, and Valdis Dombrovskis, who were seated in the front rows of the large, crowded hall of the Congress Center. Also in the room was Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), an institution in Trump's sights during his first term.
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