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US President Donald Trump has postponed the decision to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico for 30 days. Trump spoke to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexico President Claudia Shinbam on Monday about this.
Trump later reported that his conversation with Trudeau and Shinbam was good. Trump then signed an executive order related to stopping tariffs on both countries.
In fact, Trump had decided to impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, which was going to be implemented today i.e. on Tuesday. However, the order of 10 tariffs on China is coming into force from today.
Border will invest in security
Trudeau posted on X and said that in exchange for stopping the tariff, Canada would invest heavily in border security. Along with this, the two countries will jointly form a Canada-US joint strike force to deal with organized crime, smuggling of Fentenile and money laundering.
Apart from this, Canada will also appoint Phantanile Jar (officer associated with banning the smuggling of Phentineel). Cartel involved in smuggling will be included in the list of terrorist groups.
Trudeau has also signed this order. Canada will spend $ 200 million on it.
The Mexico President called Trump’s decision to postpone the decision
President Shinbam of Mexico gave this information in a press briefing. When Shinbam arrived to address the press brief, she was welcomed there with applause. He asked the people present there if they had seen their social media posts? Trump has agreed to postpone the tariff. He described the change of Trump’s decision as Mexico’s victory.
Shinbam asked America to curb arms supply
Shinbam reported that his conversation with Trump lasted for 35 to 40 minutes. During this, he complained to the US about the supply of dangerous weapons supplied in Mexico. Shinbam said that these weapons have been handed over to criminal groups, due to which their strength has increased.
Shinbam said that she wants America to work to stop the supply of such weapons. Trump agreed to this. Shinbam said-
Trump wants the US trade deficit with Mexico to decrease. I told him that this is not really loss. We are commercial partners. On this, Trump said that it is necessary to put tariffs to continue competition with China and other countries
US Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico
Significantly, America has a free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico. Under this, there is no tariff (duty) on any kind of import-export between these countries. Trump performed North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Mexico and Canada in his previous term.
