Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seems to be on throughout a press convention whereas responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s orders to impose 25% tariffs on Canadian imports, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Feb. 1, 2025.
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President Donald Trump on Monday agreed to pause the implementation of deliberate U.S. tariffs on imports from Canada for not less than 30 days, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated.
The pause was introduced in a tweet by Trudeau hours after Trump and Mexico’s president stated Trump would pause for one month deliberate tariffs on imports from Mexico.
In each instances, the pauses got here after these international locations agreed to take steps towards stopping the trafficking of the lethal opioid fentanyl into the U.S.
Trump on Saturday stated he would impose 25% tariffs on items from Mexico and Canada, and 10% tariffs on items imported from China. Trump had additionally deliberate to impose a ten% tariff on power sources from Canada.
Trudeau on Saturday warned that his nation would implement a 25% tariff in opposition to $155 billion in U.S. items in retaliation for Trump’s tariffs.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on the White Home in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 3, 2025.
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However in a tweet Monday saying the pause, Trudeau wrote, “I simply had name with President Trump.”
Trudeau stated Canada had made new commitments “to nominate a Fentanyl Czar.”
“Canada is implementing our $1.3 billion border plan — reinforcing the border with new choppers, expertise and personnel, enhanced coordination with our American companions, and elevated sources to cease the move of fentanyl,” the prime minister wrote. “Practically 10,000 frontline personnel are and will likely be engaged on defending the border.”
“Proposed tariffs will likely be paused for not less than 30 days whereas we work collectively,” wrote Trudeau.
Canada had detailed that border plan on an official net web page on Dec. 18, six weeks earlier than Trump introduced the tariffs.
Trump in a Reality Social publish on Monday wrote, “Canada has agreed to make sure now we have a safe Northern Border, and to lastly finish the lethal scourge of medicine like Fentanyl which were pouring into our Nation, killing tons of of hundreds of Individuals, whereas destroying their households and communities all throughout our Nation.”
“I’m very happy with this preliminary consequence, and the Tariffs introduced on Saturday will likely be paused for a 30 day interval to see whether or not or not a ultimate Financial take care of Canada may be structured,” Trump wrote. “FAIRNESS FOR ALL!”
Earlier Monday, Trump paused tariffs on Mexico imports after that nation’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, stated she would instantly ship 10,000 troopers to her northern border to stem fentanyl shipments into the U.S.
The overwhelming majority of fentanyl seized at U.S. borders comes from Mexico.
In 2024, greater than 21,100 kilos of fentanyl was seized by U.S. authorities on the border with Mexico, in comparison with solely about 43 kilos seized on the Canadian border.
