Trump Halts Canada, Mexico Tariffs After Last-Ditch Talks

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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has delayed the start of tariffs on Mexico and Canada for a month after the American neighbors struck last-minute deals to tighten border measures against the flow of migrants and the drug fentanyl.

Global stock markets had slumped as Trump’s threat of sweeping 25 per cent levies on exports from Canada and Mexico to the United States sparked fears of a global trade war.

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But after calls with Trump just hours before the US tariffs were due to take effect, both Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum struck deals for a postponement.

Trump said that after “very friendly” talks with Sheinbaum he’d “immediately pause” the tariffs on Mexico, and that his counterpart had agreed to send 10,000 troops to the US-Mexico frontier.

Tensions appeared higher between the US and Canada, but afer two separate calls Trump later said he was “very pleased” and was announcing a 30-day halt in the tariffs.

“Canada has agreed to ensure we have a secure Northern Border, and to finally end the deadly scourge of drugs like Fentanyl that have been pouring into our Country,” he said.

Talks on final deals would continue with both countries, he added.

Trudeau said after the “good call” that Canada deploy nearly 10,000 frontline officers to help secure the border, list drug cartels as terrorists, appoint a “Fentanyl Czar” and crack down on money laundering.

It was not clear the real extent of the changes on the Canadian border, given that just this December authorities there said they already had 8,500 personnel deployed.

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