Donald Trump’s new tariffs initially also exposed to Canada

According to Mexico, US President Donald Trump now granted the neighboring country to the neighboring country of Canada. The punitive tariffs that were supposed to come into force at midnight would be suspended for a month, wrote the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on X. Trump confirmed the postponement of the Truth Social Platform.

In return, Canada declared herself ready for concessions in border security. “Canada implements our $ 1.3 billion (870 million euros) – the border is reinforced with new helicopters, technology and personnel, 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.

In the United States, Fentany has already led to an enormous drug problem with tens of thousands of dead. According to the US institute, which researches drug abuse, more than 70,000 people died from an overdose of synthetic opioids-especially fentanyl-in 2021 alone.

In the past few days, a trade war between the United States and its neighbors Canada and Mexico as well as China had attended. Trump had announced that he wanted to fight his country’s considerable trade deficit towards the other countries with the help of tariffs. Canada immediately announced retaliation tariffs on imports from the USA.

In the case of Mexico, Trump admitted after a conversation with President Claudia Sheinbaum and exposed the tariffs for the month of February. In return, Mexico should send 10,000 soldiers to the common border, among other things, to contain illegal border crossings and the drug smuggling.