Let the back tracking begin.<p>Contrary to what "tariff man" has claimed for years, tariffs are actually paid by US importers and ultimately by US consumers --- not by China.<p>The USA has no way to collect tariffs from China, just like China has no way to collect tariffs from the USA. The only people these governments can collect these taxes (aka tariffs) from is their own businesses and citizens.<p>The fact that this brazen lie not only persevered but actually worked so well is an indictment of the American voter's intellect.
It's pretty obvious he is just using the threat of it to get Canada to implement a few policies he wants.<p>As a Canadian I can't fault him either. We've got an extremely porous border and we put tariffs on many American products...