<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/03/us/trump-tariffs" class="">https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/03/us/trump-tariffs</a></div><div class=""><h1 id="link-10b8f43a" class="css-dz70aj e1h9rw200" data-testid="headline">Canada Follows Mexico in Reaching Deal to Delay Trump Tariffs</h1><p class="evys1bk0 css-daiqw4"><b class=""><i class="">The
leaders of Mexico and Canada each said they had struck agreements to
pause tariffs for 30 days, but levies on products from China were still
set to take effect just after midnight.</i></b></p></div><p class="live-blog-post-content evys1bk0 css-h61jh5">President Trump
and the leaders of Mexico and Canada struck last-minute deals on Monday
to postpone the imposition of hefty tariffs on goods exported to the
United States, averting at least temporarily a damaging trade war that
would roil North America and the global economy.</p><p class="live-blog-post-content evys1bk0 css-h61jh5">Canadian
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, after speaking twice by telephone with
Mr. Trump, said the tariffs would be postponed by 30 days as the two
countries negotiate a border deal. That announcement came hours after
Mexico negotiated a similar delay, and agreed to send thousands of
troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to curb drug smuggling and illegal
immigration.</p><div class=""><p class="live-blog-post-content evys1bk0 css-h61jh5">The frenzy of last-minute maneuvering demonstrated Mr. Trump’s <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/03/us/trump-tariffs#trump-economy-threats" title="">willingness to use tariffs as a source of leverage</a>
against America’s most important trading partners. Imports from Mexico,
Canada and China — another target of tariffs that were still set to
take effect just after midnight — account for more than a third of the
products brought into the United States each year.</p><p class="live-blog-post-content evys1bk0 css-h61jh5">After
their call — which Mr. Trump described as “very good” — Mr. Trudeau
announced the delay in a social media post. As part of the agreement, he
said, Canada would help form a “Canada- U.S. Joint Strike Force to
combat organized crime, fentanyl and money laundering.”</p><p class="live-blog-post-content evys1bk0 css-h61jh5">“I
have also signed a new intelligence directive on organized crime and
fentanyl and we will be backing it with $200 million,” Mr. Trudeau said.</p><p class="live-blog-post-content evys1bk0 css-h61jh5">Mr.
Trump said earlier that he would likely discuss the tariffs with
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, within the next 24 hours. However, he
described the 10 percent tariffs that he planned to impose on Chinese
imports as an “opening salvo.”</p><p class="live-blog-post-content evys1bk0 css-h61jh5">China
was still preparing its response on Monday. Its ambassador to the
United Nations, Fu Cong, said on Monday that China was filing a
complaint with the World Trade Organization over Mr. Trump’s tariffs and
would consider retaliatory action.</p><p class="live-blog-post-content evys1bk0 css-h61jh5">Here’s what else to know:</p><ul class="live-blog-post-content ez3869y0 css-1ie9vib"><li class="eoqvrfo0 css-1i3ul0c"><p class="evys1bk0 css-1il0jfh"><strong class="ebyp5n10 css-8qgvsz">Border motivations:</strong> Mr. Trump <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/us/politics/canada-mexico-china-trump-tariffs.html" title="">signed executive orders on Saturday</a>
to impose tariffs of 25 percent against Mexico and Canada, with a
partial carve-out for Canadian energy and oil exports, and 10 percent
against China. The president said he would impose the tariffs until the
countries alleviated the flow of migrants and drugs, particularly
fentanyl, to the United States. The tariffs threatened to <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/03/us/trump-tariffs#trump-tariffs-shein-temu-loophole" title="">raise the cost of online goods</a> while the possibility of a far-reaching trade war <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/business/stocks-trump-tariffs.html" title="">roiled markets around the world</a>.</p></li><li class="eoqvrfo0 css-1i3ul0c"><p class="evys1bk0 css-1il0jfh"><strong class="ebyp5n10 css-8qgvsz">Mexico’s reprieve:</strong>
Ms. Sheinbaum said during a news conference in Mexico City that she had
reached the agreement with Mr. Trump after a “very respectful”
conversation. Under the deal, Mexico received a one-month delay and a
promise from the United States to help stanch the movement of guns back
over the border, Ms. Sheinbaum said. Both leaders sounded optimistic on
Monday: Ms. Sheinbaum said she was sure the coming month would yield
“good results,” while Mr. Trump wrote in a social media post that he
looked forward to taking part in further negotiations.</p></li><li class="eoqvrfo0 css-1i3ul0c"><p class="evys1bk0 css-1il0jfh"><strong class="ebyp5n10 css-8qgvsz">Canada’s response:</strong>
A senior Canadian government official familiar with the call between
Mr. Trump and Mr. Trudeau this morning was not optimistic about the
possibility that Canada would be able to get a similar reprieve, saying
that the situation was still in flux. Canada has released a list with <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/03/us/trump-tariffs/from-liquor-to-dishwashers-canada-details-us-goods-it-will-hit-with-tariffs?smid=url-share" title="">hundreds of American goods, from liquor to dishwashers</a>, that would face 25 percent tariffs starting Tuesday. The agreement between the United States and Mexico <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/03/us/trump-tariffs/canada-is-in-a-perilous-spot-after-trump-cut-tariff-deal-with-mexico" title="">leaves Canada in a perilous position</a>.</p></li><li class="eoqvrfo0 css-1i3ul0c"><p class="evys1bk0 css-1il0jfh"><strong class="ebyp5n10 css-8qgvsz">Focus on fentanyl:</strong>
In calling for the tariffs, Mr. Trump highlighted the need to stop the
flow of fentanyl, a potent synthetic opioid, into the United States. The
president raised the “drug war” with Mr. Trudeau in their call on
Monday morning, but far less of the drug comes into the country from
Canada. Last year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents intercepted
about <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/world/canada/canada-fentanyl-trump.html" title="">19 kilograms of fentanyl at the northern border</a>, compared with almost 9,600 kilograms at the border with Mexico, where cartel mass-produce the drug.</p></li><li class="eoqvrfo0 css-1i3ul0c"><p class="evys1bk0 css-1il0jfh"><strong class="ebyp5n10 css-8qgvsz">Automakers relieved:</strong>
The U.S. auto industry dodged a supply chain catastrophe after Mr.
Trump delayed tariffs on products from Mexico for at least a month. But
automakers still face severe disruptions, and car buyers may see major
price increases, if he doesn’t grant similar relief to Canada. <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/03/us/trump-tariffs#trump-tariffs-auto-mexico-canada" title="">Read more ›</a></p></li><li class="eoqvrfo0 css-1i3ul0c"><p class="evys1bk0 css-1il0jfh"><strong class="ebyp5n10 css-8qgvsz">Europe may be next:</strong>
Mr. Trump has signaled that Europe could be his next target, telling
the BBC that tariffs “will definitely happen with the European Union”
and could come “pretty soon.” European leaders responded on Monday that a
trade war with the United States would destabilize economies on both
sides of the Atlantic Ocean. <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/03/us/trump-tariffs#trump-tariffs-european-union" title="">Read more ›</a></p></li></ul></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
Arthur Stamoulis<br class="">Citizens Trade Campaign<br class="">(202) 494-8826<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">
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