President Donald Trump’s economic adviser Kevin Hassett said that Canadian officials have “misunderstood” the tariffs proposed by the Trump administration on Canada, Mexico, and China as being part of a broader “trade war.”
“The good news is that in our conversations over the weekend, one of the things we’ve noticed is that Mexicans are very, very serious about doing what President Trump said,” Hassett, the director of the White House’s National Economic Council, said on CNBC on Monday.
His comment came before Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Trump held a call on Monday that led to negotiations and both announcing that he would delay 25 percent tariffs on her country’s goods for one month. Trump is slated to speak to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau later today….