trade more fairly and consumers will not be squeezed. the government of china and mexico will pay for it and the producers in mexico and china pay for this. reporter: but china already feeling the heat of trump s trade policies is currently threatening to hit back by restricting exports of rare natural minerals mined there. metals critical to high-tech and manufacturing companies in the u.s. such a move could drive up the cost of electric cars, cell phones, and other products paid for once again by american consumers. so what might this actually cost you? well, it could very well be more than just a few cents for a piece of fruit. one analyst says, if it reaches the highest threatened level here, a 25% tariff on mexican goods, that could mean the cost of a new car would rise, on average, 1,300. so, jake, as they say, how do
drawing backlash from even some of the president s closest allies in congress, whose votes the president will need to pass his new trade deal with mexico and canada. but this exposes a rift with the trade representative warning against this move. though other more hardline advisers like stephen miller and peter navarro are completely onboard. this is actually a brilliant move by the president to get mexico s attention, to get them to help us. so far, they ve just been standing by and they really have the power to the two institutions that have the power to help us are the mexican government and the congress. congress has done nothing. the mexican government can really help us here. that s what we re asking them to do. cnn white house correspondent kaitlan collins now joins me. and kaitlan, why now? why impose these tariffs now? illegal immigration has been a problem for quite some time. that s the question that allies of this administration are having, because they say that thi
how much danger is his deal on capitol hill? it was already facing hurdles and now it s even in more danger. robert ligand nancy pelosi will the one in charge of bringing this trade deal to the floor for a vote. and she did not get a heads up from the white house about this deal. that s the question going forward. not only was there internal divide in the white house over whether to move forward with this, but now the question is, what does this do with the relationship with mexico? and we do know that jared kushner has spoken with the mexican foreign minister, but the latest we ve heard from the white house is that president trump and can the president of mexico have not discussed this since the president announced it last night. let s broaden the conversation with the rest of the folks at the table. toluse, let me start with you. the president s advisers are clearly split on the plan. and one of his top allies in congress, senator chuck grassley said, trade policy and border secu
was making progress, even though it seemed doomed from the start. he thought he was making progress before this happened. that s why you saw him trying to get the president not to do this. whether or not this even happens is still an open question. because some inside the white house don t know if they have the legal authority for this to happen. they fear it will get tied up in the courts before it happens. or because the white house has not set a specific number, they re thinking the president could say, hey, they re apprehending more people, so we re not going to go through with these tariffs. mexico sells $240 billion in goods to the united states and the tariffs will very likely be passed on to you, the consumer. cnn s tom foreman explains how prices could rise for you on everything from cars to groceries to even iphones. reporter: more than a third of all vegetables bought in the u.s., wine, beer, and snack foods, too. more than a third of all televisions, nearly half of all
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