Canada Moves To Appease Trump on Border [Video]

Canada is clamping down on border control as the threat of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump looms.

The U.S.’s biggest trading partner has launched a crackdown on fentanyl crossing the U.S.-Canada border after Trump threatened to place taxes as high as 25 percent on Canadian imports.

Why It Matters

Canada is the closest and largest U.S. trading partner, but the relationship has come under strain since Trump’s election. The president has threatened the imposition of a 25 percent tariff on all imports from Canada and Mexico, in an attempt to curb the influx of migrants and drugs across U.S. borders. Canada’s move represents a win for Trump’s rhetoric in motivating allies to do what he has demanded.

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