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. 1 I# Z/ g/ P+ g; S0 e* \ 8 E8 \& [) d( p y6 C9 O) `- SIn 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.”