Trump threatened to impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico and 10% on China as soon as he gets into office on January 20, 2025. He accused the countries of permitting the flow of illegal migrants and drugs, particularly fentanyl, into the US.

If enacted, they would violate the 2020 deal that the United States inked with Canada and Mexico during Donald Trump’s first term.

US President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he intends to impose sweeping tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China, prompting a swift warning from Beijing that "no one will win a trade war."

Canada wants Mexico to stay in a continental trade pact despite concerns about China possibly using it as a back door to flood the North American market, a source directly familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

The president-elect calls it an effort to force them to crack down on illegal immigration and drug smuggling into the US.