Washington • Sen. Mitt Romney warned Friday that President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs against Mexico were the wrong approach and could harm Americans more than they help curtail illegal immigration.
“A tariff targeting Mexico, one that would negatively impact our own interests, will only end in a waiting game of increasingly harmful consequence to the American people,” Romney said.
Trump announced Thursday that he would impose tariffs on all Mexican imports, starting June 10, if the country didn’t do more to thwart a surge of immigrants coming to the U.S. southern border. Those tariffs, initially a 5 percent penalty, would increase each month, up to 25 percent, the president said.