Trump Pauses Tariffs on Mexico and Canada After Border Agreements Reached
Both nations will each send 10,000 personnel to secure their shared borders with the United States in response to President Trump’s 25 percent tariff orders.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.
In exchange, Canada has agreed to assign approximately 10,000 personnel to the border in an operation to maintain eyes on the border at all times.
Read more at the Epoch Times
1 comment:
This is all performative. It’s about showing strength — not just displaying it to Canada and Mexico, but also to the rest of the world — and, in return, getting shows of submissiveness.
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