TMTPOST -- U.S. President Donald Trump clarified on Thursday he would not delay additional tariffs on two neighbour countries again, and threatened more duties on Chinese imports to come next week.Credit：China Central TelevisionTrump said his proposed tariffs on Mexico and Canada will enter effect on March 4 as the two countries still allow illicit drugs to pour into the U.S. at the “at very high and unacceptable levels”. “We cannot allow this scourge to continue to harm the USA, and therefore, until it stops, or is seriously limited, the proposed TARIFFS scheduled to go into effect on MARCH FOURTH will, indeed, go into effect, as scheduled,” Trump said in a post on his social media platform Truth Social on Thursday.Trump in the post also slammed China for its role as a main producer and supplier of the aforementioned drugs, much of them in the form of Fentanyl. “China will likewise be charged extra 10% Tariff” on March 4, Trump wrote.Trump added that he will move forward with the reciprocal tariff on American trading partners as the schedule. “The April Second Reciprocal Tariff date will remain in full force and effect,” wrote the president.The Trump administration has implemented an additional 10% tariffs on Chinese goods earlier this month. A White House official confirmed later Thursday that the new duties means additional U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports will total 20%. Trump on February 1 signed an order to impose a 25% additional tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico and a 10% additional tariff on imports from China. In addition, the administration will imposed a 10% tariff on energy products from Canada. All new tariffs but those on energy products were planned to take into effect on February 4. “The orders make clear that the flow of contraband drugs like fentanyl to the United States, through illicit distribution networks, has created a national emergency, including a public health crisis.” White House said in a fact sheet about the orders. “Chinese officials have failed to take the actions necessary to stem the flow of precursor chemicals to known criminal cartels and shut down money laundering by transnational criminal organizations.” Trump and Canadian and Mexican leaders agreed to pause extra U.S. tariffs on February 3, while China announced a series of countermeasures including tit-for-tat tariffs the next day, in which the new U.S. tariffs entered effect.An additional 15% tariff will be imposed on imported coal and liquefied natural gas originating from the United States, and crude oil, agricultural machinery, automobiles with large displacement, and pickup trucks will be subject to additional tariffs of 10%, said the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council on February 4.China has filed a complaint with the WTO's dispute settlement mechanism against the U.S. decision to impose an additional 10% tariff on goods from China, according to the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM). China also expanded its export controls on strategic minerals. The export controls on items related to tungsten, tellurium, bismuth, molybdenum and indium went into effect on February 4. China's market regulator the same day said that it has launched an investigation into Google for suspected violation of the country's anti-monopoly law.China hit back at the U.S. tariffs timely and accurately, Yuyuan Tantian, a social media account affiliated with China Central Television (CCTV), cited Chinese experts. It noted the 10% or 15% additional tariffs on U.S. goods left enough room for China’s future slap. In the coming days, China may adjust retaliation actions depending on U.S. further move, Yuyuan Tantian quoted Cui Fan, a professor of the University of International Business and Economics.Trump in a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday sowed confusion on his proposed tariffs on Mexico and Canada. When asked about whether these tariffs would go forward on March 4, he said “I’m not stopping the tariffs.” But Trump later said that the Mexico and Canada tariffs would be implemented on April 2. It’s unclear whether he would like to further push back the effective date or prepare for separate program of the worldwide reciprocal tariffs on the April 2. Wednesdayy saw Trump vowed to levy 25% tariffs on the European Union. “We’ll be announcing it very soon,” he told reporters of the EU measures on Wednesday. “It’ll be [a] 25% [tariff] generally speaking, and that will be on cars and all other things.”更多精彩内容，关注钛媒体微信号（ID：taimeiti），或者下载钛媒体App