Maine governor blasts Trump plan for tariffs on Canadian imports [Video]

A 10 percent tariff would be applied to Chinese imports as well.

“I am deeply concerned that President [Donald] Trump’s tariffs—especially those on Canada—will increase prices for Maine people at a time when they can least afford it,” Mills said Friday in a statement.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Friday afternoon that Trump would enact the tariffs on Saturday. 

Leavitt added that the president decided to impose the duties because the countries “have allowed an unprecedented invasion of illegal fentanyl that is killing American citizens, and also illegal immigrants into our country.”

Mills focused her criticism on the tariffs against Canada. 

The country is the state’s largest foreign trading partner. Yearly, two-way trade tops $7.5 billion, according to the Maine International Trade Center.

“Maine businesses and Maine people rely on …