According to Mexico, US President Trump has now also promised a 30-day postponement to the neighboring country of Canada at the duties he threatened. In return, both countries signal cooperation in border issues.
A few hours before the entry into force, the punitive tariffs decided by US President Donald Trump were temporarily exposed to products from Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrote on the platform X that he had agreed with Trump for closer cooperation on the common border.
“Canada implements a border plan with $ 1.3 billion (870 million euros) – the border is reinforced with new helicopters, technology and staff, the coordination with our American partners is improved and resources are increased to stop the flow of fentanyl “, says Trudeau. In addition, almost 10,000 forces would have been used to secure the border so far and further measures against cross -border crime.
Canada puts Mexican drug cartels on a terrorist list
In addition, Canada will put the Mexican drug cartels on its terrorist list and with the United States a “common special unit against organized crimes, trading in fentanyl and money laundering”. The telephone conversation with Trump was good, Trudeau continued.
Trudeau apparently tries to appease Trump with a not entirely new proposal. After Trump’s election, Ottawa had already presented a plan of $ 1.3 billion of Canadian dollars to border security – according to the Canadian media as a concession to the new US president.
Previously similar agreement with Mexico
Trump confirmed the agreement shortly afterwards. As President, it was his task to “ensure the security of all Americans”, he wrote to Trudeau after Trudeau announced the agreement. The neighboring country “agreed to ensure that we have a safe northern border and finally put an end to drugs like Fentanyl. He was satisfied with this first result. In the next 30 days, it would have to be determined “whether a final economic deal can be found with Canada, or not,” he continued.
Previously, Trump and his Mexican counterpart Claudia Sheinbaum announced a similar agreement: the US President exposed the already decided tariffs against the southern neighboring country for 30 days; In return, Mexico also ensured that 10,000 soldiers were posted to combat drug smuggling to the United States.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz then praised Sheinbaum’s procedure. “She acted cool,” he said after an EU summit in Brussels. The Mexican President is a very clever politician.
Also China on the US customs list
Trump had decided on the previously announced tariffs of up to 25 percent of Mexican and Canadian goods on Saturday that they should have come into force at midnight (local time Washington, Tuesday 6 a.m. CET). For their part, both countries had signaled willingness to react with corresponding counter -tariffs.
China also targeted the new US president and announced customs surcharges of ten percent on Chinese products. On Monday, he said that discussions with Chinese managers would “probably take place within the next 24 hours”.
The US President accuses Canada, Mexico and China not to take enough against the smuggling of the often fatal drug fentanyl to the USA. In the United States, around 75,000 people die from a fentanyl overdose every year. With chemical substances produced in China, opioid is often produced in Mexico and smuggled from there to the USA.
