The White House says US President Donald Trump will impose on Saturday's 25 % definitions on Mexico, 25 % in Canada and 10 % in China on February 1.
But Trump said on Friday that Canadian oil would have 10 % less definitions, which may enter into force at a later time, on February 18.
The president also said that he intends to impose a tariff on the European Union in the future, saying that the bloc did not treat the United States well.
White House press secretary Caroline Levitte said that the duties of Canada and Mexico were in response to “illegal fentanel that they had obtained its source and allowed it to distribute in our country, which killed 10 million Americans.”
Trump has also repeatedly said that this step is to address large quantities of unconventional immigrants who coincided with the borders of the United States as well as the trade deficit with its neighbors.
Ms. Levitte told the White House news on Friday: “These are promises that were made and the promises kept by the president.”
During the election campaign, Trump beat Chinese Chinese products with definitions of up to 60 %, but any immediate action was placed on his first day in the White House, instead ordered his management to study this issue.
US commodities have been flattened from China since 2018, a statistic that partially attributed to economists to a series of escalating definitions imposed by Trump during his first term.
Earlier this month, a major Chinese official warned of protectionism as Trump's return to the presidency renewed the threat of a trade war between the largest economists in the world – but he did not mention the United States by name.
Deng Xuexiang, Vice President of imports, said in his speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that his country was looking for a “victory” solution for commercial tensions and wanted to expand his imports.
China, Canada and Mexico are commercial partners in the United States, representing 40 % of the goods that were imported in the United States last year, and fears rise.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday.
Canada and Mexico have already said they would respond to the United States with their own measures, while they are also seeking Washington's assertion that they were taking measures to address concerns about their American borders.
BBC has reached the Chinese embassy in the United States to comment.
If US oil imports from Canada and Mexico are exposed to fees, they risk undermining Trump's promise to drop the cost of living.
Definitions are an import tax on the goods that are produced abroad.
In theory, imposing taxes on elements coming to a country, which means that people are less likely to buy because they become more expensive.
The intention is that they buy cheaper local products instead – strengthening the country's economy.
But the cost of definitions on imported energy can be transferred to companies and consumers, which may increase the prices of everything from gasoline to grocery stores.
On Friday, Trump agreed that the costs of the tariff that were sometimes transferred to consumers and that his plans may cause disruption in the short term.
About 40 % of the crude that passes through American oil refineries is imported, and the vast majority of them come from Canada.
