Canada and Mexico are the top buyers of U.S. exports in more than 72% of all export categories, according to my analysis of the latest U.S. Census Bureau data.

Some of the purported concessions that led to a 30-day pause on the tariffs were things Canada and Mexico had already done before Trump’s threat, but it’s complicated.

Trump has also threatened to introduce tariffs - a tax on imports - on goods from Canada and Mexico, but paused these for 30 days after both countries agreed to boost border security. The US president has said tariffs are needed to help the American economy and to "protect" the country from the "major threat of illegal aliens and deadly drugs".

Two weeks into his second term, President Donald Trump has launched the United States into a new trade war. He announced steep new tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China — the three largest U.

Some lawmakers in the U.S. Congress have expressed dismay at President Donald Trump's threat to slap new tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico, but they have limited power to stop him. WHICH BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT HAS TARIFF POWER?