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President Donald Trump will stop additional tariffs on Canadian imports For 30 days after a call with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who made some concessions to temporarily avoid the levies.
Trump and Trudeau spoke on Monday, hours before the additional 25% tariffs came into force in Canadian goods that entered the United States. In an X publication, Trudeau said that Canada will implement a border plan of $ 1.3 billion and will designate a fentanyl tsar.
In addition, Canada will reinforce Its edge with new helicopters, technology, staff and improved coordination with US authorities. He added that almost 10,000 people are and will work on border protection.
Trump defends tariffs, accuses Canada of being “very abusive from the United States”
President Donald Trump (L) speaks with the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, during the plenary session of the NATO Summit at the Grove Hotel in Watford, northeast of London, on December 4, 2019. (Nicholas Kamm)
“We will list the posters as terrorists, we will ensure the eyes of the border 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, we will launch a joint strike force of Canada to combat organized crime, fentanyl and money laundering,” Trudeau wrote. “I have also signed a new intelligence directive on organized and fentanyl crime and support it with $ 200 million.”
“The proposed tariffs will stop for at least 30 days while we work together,” he added.
Trump has a lot of time He said that Canada and Mexico have not been able to do enough to avoid the flow of illegal migrants and drugs, particularly fentanyl, of those nations in the US. In addition, Trump states that the United States has subsidized Canada for a sum of $ 200 million annually.
Fentanyl seized in Nogales, Arizona. The border agents and the officers confiscated more than 1,900 pounds of the illicit drug in October 2022. (CBP)
“We need to protect Americans, and it is my duty as president to guarantee everyone’s safety,” Trump said Saturday, when he imposed the rates. “I made a promise in my campaign to prevent the avalanche of illegal foreigners and drugs from spilling on our borders, and Americans voted overwhelmingly in favor.”
Hours before his call with Trudeau, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said it would deploy 10,000 troops on the border between the United States and Mexico for tariff threats.
Trump has promised to impose a 25% rate on all Canadian and Mexican goods, as well as a 10% tariff on Canadian energy; and a 10% tariff on all goods that enter the United States from China. Tariffs on Canada and China would take effect on Tuesday at midnight.
The trucks pass on the Blue Water Bridge at the border crossing with the United States in Sarnia, Ontario, on February 3, 2025. The president of the United States, Donald Trump arguing that Americans can feel economic “pain” by the tasks of 25 percent, but that will be worth the price. “ (AP)
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