Trump reimposed tariffs on Mexico. The US Secretary of Commerce said the same will be done for Canada

US President Donald Trump held talks with his Mexican counterpart Claudia Sheinbaum and then announced that he would suspend the imposition of tariffs against Mexico until April 2.

Trump wrote about this on his social network Truth Social.

“After speaking with the President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum, I agreed that Mexico will not be required to pay tariffs on anything covered by the USMCA Agreement. This Agreement is valid until April 2. I did this as a compromise and out of respect for President Sheinbaum. Our relationship has been very good, and we are working diligently together at the border both in terms of stopping illegal aliens from entering the United States and in terms of stopping fentanyl,” the American president wrote.

Trump did not mention the tariffs against Canada, but again criticized the head of government there, Justin Trudeau. In another post, the US president said that Trudeau is “using the tariff problem, which he largely created, to run for prime minister again.”

However, the day before, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that the Trump administration is considering an agreement with both Canada and Mexico to eliminate some tariffs, Fox Business reported.

The minister said that the US president will try to reach a “middle ground” with Canada and Mexico on tariffs, focusing on the US-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement (USMCA). This agreement was designed to create fairer trade between the countries.

The day before, it became known that Trump had postponed the introduction of tariffs on cars from Canada and Mexico for a month. This decision was made after a telephone conversation with the heads of the “big three” American automakers — General Motors, Ford and Stellantis.

• On Tuesday, the United States imposed a 25 percent tariff on all imports from Mexico and Canada, as well as an additional 10 percent tariff on imports from China.
• In response, China announced additional tariffs on a number of agricultural imports from the United States.
• Canada, in turn, also imposed increased tariffs on American goods. In particular, there are 25 percent tariffs on US goods worth $30 billion in the first phase and $125 billion in the second phase, 21 days later.
• Mexico threatened to increase tariffs in response, but did not immediately introduce them, promising to wait until March 9 if Trump does not back down.

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