Canada’s prime minister and Mexico’s president have ordered retaliatory tariffs against Americans, following through with their threats after U.S. Donald Trump sparked a trade war by imposing sweeping tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China.
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Avocados from Mexico are displayed for sale at a Target store in White Plains, N.Y., on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. Canada had been proactively saying for months that it would respond to any tariffs on Washington's North American allies, while Mexico followed a more cautious approach. But in the end both nations did what they had anticipated: retaliate.
At the local level, some authorities in provinces like Ontario, British Columbia and Nova Scotia will remove American liquor brands from government store shelves. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Sunday every year, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario sells nearly $1 billion worth of American wine, beer, spirts and seltzers.
“Careful Trudeau. The Texas economy is larger than Canada’s. And we’re not afraid to use it.” Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott posted on X after Trudeau spoke. Recalling how in 2019 Mexico was ultimately able to avoid Trump’s tariff threat by adding immigration control to the responsibilities of its newly formed National Guard, Mexico was hoping to dodge the tariffs again or at least find a way to get them lifted quickly.
“It indicates not only a lack of trust, but the consideration of the Mexican government as a national security threat to the United States with all of its implications,” Bárcena said.Thor Salayandia, leader of a business collective in Ciudad Juarez along Mexico’s northern border, said the tariffs “are going to cause more havoc along the border because 60% of the formal employment is in the assembly plants.
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