Leaders of Mexico and Canada agreed on Feb. 3 to strengthen border security in exchange for a pause on the trade policies after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose 25 percent tariffs on products coming from the two countries.
“Tariffs are very powerful, both economically and in getting everything else you want,” Trump said on Feb. 3 while signing executive orders in the Oval Office.
Trump issued executive orders on Feb. 1, set to take effect Feb. 4, levying tariffs on goods from the two U.S. border nations due to illegal immigration and fentanyl trafficking flowing into the United States.
With hours to spare before the tariffs were imposed, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on the social media platform X that he had agreed to a deal during a “good call with President Trump” to pause the fees for 30 days….