‘Mexico has to make a decision’: Doug Ford says amid Trump tariff threat [Video]

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has a message for Mexico as the threat of tariffs by incoming president Donald Trump hangs over both sides of the U.S. border.

“Mexico has to make a decision: you’re either with Beijing or you’re with Washington. I’ll tell you what Canadians are with. They’re with Washington,” Ford said in an interview on CNN Tuesday night.

Ford has previously accused Mexico of becoming a “backdoor” for Chinese imports, including cars and other products, after the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (formerly NAFTA) was signed.

“Cheap Chinese products going through Mexico. They’re slapping the ‘made in Mexico’ sticker on, shipping it up through the US and Canada, and costing American and Canadian jobs,” he said.

The premier’s remarks come under the continuing threat of a 25 per cent tariff by Trump on all goods from Canada and Mexico until both countries secure their borders against the flow of illegal drugs and migrants.

On Tuesday, the federal government announced it’s five-point approach to bolstering border …