The White House on Thursday proposed to pay for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border by taxing imports as part of a broader tax code overhaul, effectively endorsing an idea President Donald Trump criticized two weeks ago. @ P' g" ?7 T$ C9 I; ~" D; @8 ~1 s y1 `0 T$ p& @0 m) z5 w( R
In remarks to reporters, press secretary Sean Spicer said a plan was “taking shape now” to institute a 20% tax on imports from countries with which the U.S. runs a trade deficit, “like Mexico.”