• RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    The tarriffs were put in place to get the other countries (Canada, Mexico, and China) to tighten up their border security for illegal immigrants and illegal drug trafficking, particularly fentanyl.

    This is the officially documented reason for the tarriffs.

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      4 days ago

      didn’t it turn out to be like 10 kg of fentanyl total, ever?

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        From Canada. The total amount imported or possibly even illicitly produced in the US every month is many many times that.