President-elect Donald Trump announced plans to create an External Revenue Service to collect tariffs, duties, and all revenue from foreign sources. Trump said the new agency would launch on his first day in office. The ERS aims to shift the burden of taxation away from U.S. citizens and onto foreign trade partners. Trump is considering declaring a national economic emergency to implement new tariffs. He plans to increase tariffs on Chinese imports by 10% and impose 25% fees on products from Canada and Mexico.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00It's Benzinga bringing Wall Street to Main Street.
00:02President-elect Donald Trump announced plans to create an external revenue service to collect
00:06tariffs, duties, and all revenue from foreign sources. Trump said the new agency would launch
00:11on his first day in office. The ERS aims to shift the burden of taxation away from U.S.
00:16citizens and onto foreign trade partners. Trump is considering declaring a national
00:20economic emergency to implement new tariffs. He plans to increase tariffs on Chinese imports
00:25by 10% and impose 25% fees on products from Canada and Mexico.