US President Donald Trump said that he was thinking of imposing the tariffs on Canada and Mexico by February 1.

Mr Trump has accused both neighbours of being lax in preventing migrants and illicit drugs from coming into the US. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Canada’s political leaders have responded to Trump’s threats to use “economic force” to transform Canada into the US’s 51st state with doubled-down pledges of fealty to the Canada-US military-strategic partnership,

The New York Times and Wall Street Journal say incoming U.S. president Donald Trump won't slam Canada with damaging tariffs on his inauguration day. Both U.S.

Canada vowed strong pushback while Mexico has urged calm in the face of US President Donald Trump’s trade threats that risk throwing their economies into disarray. The US president has accused both neighbours of being lax in preventing migrants and illicit drugs from coming into the United States,

Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday responded strongly to US President Donald Trump's tariff threats and said that Ottawa is willing to inflict economic pain on its neighbour country to get Trump to back down.

Canadian government officials say they are "working on retaliation" after newly elected president Trump claimed his much talked about tariffs could be imposed on February 1.