‘We’re Asking For…Fairness’: Navarro Defends Tariffs To Combat Cartels, China’s Control, And Save American Lives

Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro defended the Trump administration’s follow-through on implementing tariffs against Mexico, Canada and China Wednesday evening on Fox News, saying that the U.S. is asking for “fairness.”

After postponing tariffs against Mexico, Canada and China for a month, President Donald Trump announced the tariffs would be implemented Tuesday, saying there was “no room left” to negotiate further postponements. On “Special Report With Bret Baier,” Baier called out Canada’s response to hitting the U.S. back with a reciprocal tariff, saying “we’re in a battle” with the allied countries.

“Look, we’re gonna be in a period of adjustment where when we impose reciprocal tariffs or when we impose tariffs that are designed to save American lives. There’s going to be segments like you just had with Mr. Ford , and they’re gonna rattle their sabers. But I don’t want to contribute to that,” Navarro said.

“What I want to say to every world leader who gets up in arms when all we’re asking for is fairness and to have them stop killing our people is, ‘Please, listen to 🇺🇸US.’ Canada could do a lot more. Canada has been taken over by Mexican cartels. They bring up these pill presses and printers and the medicines that they fake. You can’t tell the difference,” Navarro added.

In an executive order signed by Trump on Feb. 1, the president announced the administration’s plan to implement a 25% additional tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico and a 10% additional tariff on imports from China in order to hold them “accountable for their promises to halt illegal immigration and stop poisonous fentanyl and other drugs.”