The president claims that overdose deaths are really 300,000, when the government reports 90,000. “They’re killing our people. They’re killing 250,000, 300,000 American people a year, not 100, like has been reported for 15 years. It’s probably 300,000.”

This week, the mercurial magnate said 10% tariffs on all Chinese imports could kick in on Feb. 1 -- and on the campaign trail touted a levy as high as 60%.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday doubled down on his threat to impose stiff tariffs on the United States’ top trading partners Feb. 1, despite allies’ assertions Tuesday that the tariff agenda is likely to take shape over a longer, 100-day period.

US Vice President-elect JD Vance and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng discussed fentanyl and trade during a meeting in Washington on the eve of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

In Donald Trump’s first 36 hours back in the White House, he threatened to slap tariffs on the US’s top four trading partners starting as soon as next week.

Mexican drug gangs are a driving force behind the U.S. fentanyl crisis and Trump vowed to crack down on cartels during his successful presidential campaign.

The Trump administration is discussing a 10% punitive duty on Chinese imports. Trump said the EU also has troubling trade surpluses with the United States.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to hit the European Union with tariffs and said his administration was discussing a 10% punitive duty on Chinese imports because fentanyl is being sent from China to the U.S. via Mexico and Canada.

President-elect Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have discussed trade, fentanyl and TikTok in a phone call Friday, just days before Trump heads back to the White House

Earlier, Trump promised to impose an additional 10% tariff on Chinese products in addition to existing tariffs until the fentanyl issue is resolved. China is the largest producer and exporter of fentanyl raw materials, which are known to cross into Mexico, be synthesized, and then be illegally distributed in the United States.

Trump voiced his latest tariff threats in remarks to reporters at the White House a day after taking office without immediately imposing tariffs as he had promised during his campaign.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to hit the European Union with tariffs and said his administration was discussing a 10% punitive duty on Chinese imports because fentanyl is being sent from China to the U.