US says Canada can avoid tariffs with border action

By Josh Wingrove and Daniel Flatley
Bloomberg News in the National Post
January 29, 2025
Category: Business & Politics
Region: Canada, United States

Howard Lutnick

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Commerce Department said Mexico and Canada can avoid new tariffs due this weekend if they clamp down on border security — while also signalling that Trump is likely to impose widespread new levies to return manufacturing to US soil. The testimony from Howard Lutnick provides the latest clues of how the Trump administration will roll out a flurry of threatened new levies. …Trump has ordered a study of overall trade issues and tariffs to be finished by April 1. Lutnick described that process as broader, while saying the immediate 25% tariffs Trump has pledged is related to migration and fentanyl issues. “If we are your biggest trading partner, show us the respect, shut your border,” he said. “And as far as I know, they are acting swiftly, and if they execute it, there will be no tariff. And if they don’t, then there will be.”

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