Pulling Canada into his trade war with China, U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Thursday that Chinese fentanyl continues to “pour” into the United States across both borders.
Trump complained on social media about Chinese airlines refusing to accept Boeing planes to protest his administration’s massive tariffs on China. In his post, he also brought up fentanyl.
“And, by the way, Fentanyl continues to pour into our Country from China, through Mexico and Canada, killing hundreds of thousands of our people, and it better stop, NOW!” Trump posted.
Trump slapped Canada with economywide tariffs last month after declaring a “national emergency” under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act linked to the flow of people and fentanyl across the United States’ northern border.
He partially paused the levies a few days later for imports compliant with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade, called CUSMA.
Border data shows a tiny amount of fentanyl is …