President Joe Biden on Thursday slammed President-elect Donald Trump’s statement that he will execute 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, stating that the remarks were “disadvantageous.”

” I hope he reassesses it, and I believe it’s a detrimental thing to do,” Biden stated, reacting to a press reporter’s concern about his response to Trump’s statement.

” The last thing we require to do is start to mess up those relationships,” he included. Biden’s remarks came throughout his Thanksgiving Day see to a station house in Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Trump stated in a post to Truth Social  on Monday that a person of his very first executive orders would be to strike Mexico and Canada with a blanket 25% tariff. Mexico and Canada are the 3rd and 2nd leading providers of products to the U.S., according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. The U.S. imports the most products from China.

” This Tariff will stay in result till such time as Drugs, in specific Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country!” Trump stated in the post.

The president-elect’s shift group did not instantly react to an ask for talk about Biden’s remarks.

While on the project path, Trump regularly guaranteed to execute more tariffs, particularly on China. Some economic experts, nevertheless, have criticized the possibility of steep tariffs, arguing that the expense would eventually be handed down to customers.

Trump stated in a Wednesday post  to Truth Social that he had a “fantastic discussion” with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, stating, “She has actually consented to stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States, successfully closing our Southern Border.”

But in Sheinbaum’s account of the conversation, she stated that she kept in mind that Mexico’s position is “not to close borders“

” In our discussion with President Trump, I described to him the thorough method that Mexico has actually followed to deal with the migration phenomenon, appreciating human rights,” she said in Spanish on X “We repeat that Mexico’s position is not to close borders however rather develop bridges in between federal government and individuals.”

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated in a post to X on Wednesday that he had actually talked with his nation’s premiers about trade with the U.S.

” Our focus: Canadian tasks, protecting the border, and structure on our strong collaboration with the United States,” he stated.