Trump agrees to take a Canadian rate pause, says Trudeau

President Donald Trump will make a stop Canadian imports For 30 days after a call with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who made some concessions to temporarily avoid taxes.

Trump and Trudeau spoke over the telephone Monday, hours before the additional 25% rates had to come into force on Canadian goods in the United States. In a publication in X, Trudeau said that Canada will implement a $ 1.3 billion border plan and name a Fentanyl Zar.

In addition, Canada will strengthen its border With new helicopters, technology, staff and improved coordination with the North -American authorities. He added that about 10,000 staff are and will work on border protection.

Trump defends the rates, accuses Canada of being “very abusive of the United States”

President Donald Trump talks to the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a plenary session of the NATO summit at the Grove Hotel in Watford, in the north -East London, on December 4, 2019. (Nicholas Kamm)

“We will list the cartels as terrorists, guarantee our eyes 24 hours on the border, launch a joint strike force from Canada to combat organized crime, fentanil and money laundering,” Trudeau wrote. “I have also signed a new intelligence directive on organized crime and Fentanyl and we will support it with $ 200 million.”

“The proposed rates will stop for at least 30 days while working together,” he added.

Trump is a long time ago He said that Canada and Mexico have not been able to do enough to prevent the flow of illegal migrants and drugs, particularly Fentanyl, of the nations in the United States, in addition, Trump claims that the United States has subsidized Canada to an amount of $ 200 million a year.

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These Fentanil bags seized Nogales, Ariz., In October 2022. (CBP)

“We must protect the North -Americans and it is my duty as president to secure the security of all,” Trump wrote in a statement on Saturday, when he imposed the rates. “I made a promise to my campaign to stop the flood of aliens and illegal drugs that were poured on our borders, and the North -Americans voted overwhelmingly in favor.”

Hours before his call with Trudeau, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said he would deploy 10,000 soldiers on the American-Mexico border due to tariff threats.

Trump has promised to impose a 25% rate on all Canadian and Mexican assets, as well as a 10% rate on Canadian energy and a 10% rate to all goods entering the United States from China. The rates in Canada and China came into force on Tuesday at midnight.

The trucks go through the Blue Water Bridge at the junction of the border between the United States and the Point Edward in Ontario, Canada, on February 3, 2025. (Geoff Robins/AFP through Getty Images)

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Threats caused leaders from various Canadian provinces to pledge to eliminate North -American alcohol from the shop shelves.