Spicer: Trump Wants 20% Tax On All Mexican Goods

Business Insider reports:



Sean Spicer, White House press secretary for President Donald Trump, told reporters on Thursday that the administration is considering a 20% border tax on Mexican imports, according to the White House press pool report.

“When you look at the plan that’s taking shape now, using comprehensive tax reform as a means to tax imports from countries that we have a trade deficit from, like Mexico,” said Spicer, per the pool report.

Spicer said the border tax would be part of a broader tax reform package and would help pay for the proposed wall along the US-Mexico border, according to the report. “It clearly provides the funding and does so in a way that the American taxpayer is wholly respected,” said Spicer.