NOTE: Watch the videos under "Resources" before answering the questions.

1. What tariffs did President Trump say the U.S. will impose on imports from Mexico and Canada starting March 4?

2. List the reasons for the tariffs.

3. How have leaders in Canada and Mexico responded to President Trump's impending tariffs?

4. What actions have Canada and Mexico taken and offered to take?

5. The economist the AP reporters quoted (para. 18-19) warned Trump's actions will harm businesses and Americans economically. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said China would “eat” the cost of the tariffs, instead of passing them along to the U.S. businesses and consumers that import their products in the form of higher prices. (para. 16)

The president often refers to President William McKinley's use of tariffs as a way of building up American businesses and economy.

Brett Pike writes on X:

During the presidency of William McKinley, he used a 50% tariff on all imports to empower America to emerge as the manufacturing center of the world. In fact, the world had never seen anything like it. American steel, American oil, American automotive.

America was so wealthy that we were able to raise $50 million without going to the bank at the start of the Spanish American war. The Spanish knew the war was over before it had even began.

In 1913 international bankers and corporation started the process of replacing tariffs with the federal income tax.

That was the beginning of stripping the American people of their power and making taxation of regular people the government‘s primary source of revenue - instead of tariffs on international corporations that had previously made America the wealthiest country in the world.

Do you support Trump's tariffs if they cause an increase in prices for Americans in the short term, but accomplish what he sets out to do?

6. Watch the 3 videos under "Resources" - 1st, a news report; 2nd, now Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick; 3rd, Peter Navarro, economist and current U.S. senior counselor for trade and manufacturing. List 2-3 facts that you learn about tariffs or President Trump's plan.

CHALLENGE: Follow the news over the coming weeks for updates on this ongoing story.