Trump delays tariffs on Mexico, Canada for one month
By Mary Adenike
US President Donald Trump has delayed tariffs on Mexico and Canada for one month.
This come a day earlier as the tariffs were scheduled to take effect on Tuesday.
According to Justin Trudeau’s X personal handle, Canada is implementing its $1.3 billion border plan — reinforcing the border with new choppers, technology and personnel, enhanced coordination with our American partners, and increased resources to stop the flow of fentanyl.
“Nearly 10,000 frontline personnel are and will be working on protecting the border..In addition, Canada is making new commitments to appoint a Fentanyl Czar, we will list cartels as terrorists, ensure 24/7 eyes on the border, launch a Canada- U.S. Joint Strike Force to combat organized crime, fentanyl and money laundering,” Trudeau said.
The Canadian prime minister added that he has signed a new intelligence directive on organised crime and fentanyl and they will be backing it with $200 million. “Proposed tariffs will be paused for at least 30 days while we work together.”
Few hours before tariffs on Canada was halted, Trump announced that he has agreed to “immediately pause” tariff on Mexico for a month after a “very friendly” conversation with the country’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum.
“I just spoke with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico. It was a very friendly conversation wherein she agreed to immediately supply 10,000 Mexican Soldiers on the Border separating Mexico and the United States,” he wrote on Truth Social.
He added that the soldiers will be specifically designated to stop the flow of fentanyl, and illegal migrants into our country.
Trump on Saturday announced new tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China. It consisted of a 25 percent duty on all imports from Mexico and most from Canada (where there was a carve-out for a 10 percent tariff on energy products), and a new 10 percent tariff on Chinese goods.
Economists had warned that the North American tariffs, should they materialise, would swiftly send the Canadian and Mexican economies into recession and likely lift consumer prices for Americans on cars, gasoline, lumber and other imported items.