President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office in January (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump paused across-the-board tariffs on Canada and Mexico for a month, but Canadian leaders vowed to maintain retaliatory measures until the threats vanish.
While signing executive orders in the Oval Office on Thursday afternoon, Trump recounted the action to remove 25% duties on all goods covered by the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement as well as 10% on fossil fuels and minerals. He said separate proposed 25% duties on aluminum and steel from Canada and other nations would proceed on March 12, as well as global reciprocal tariffs on April 2.
“Those aren’t modified, those are happening next week, and the big one will be on April 2 when reciprocal tariffs [come],” Trump told reporters. “We don’t need trees from Canada. We don’t need cars from Canada. We don’t need…
