Canada, Mexico, China and the EU respond to Trump’s tariffs [Video]

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday imposed long-threatened tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China — and it didn’t take long for the countries to respond.

Trump signed an order slapping 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada, and a 10% duty on Chinese imports, due to start on Tuesday. Energy resources from Canada face a lower, 10% tariff to “minimize any disruptive effects we might have on gasoline and home heating oil prices,” according to a senior administration official.

In the executive order, Trump said that if the countries — the U.S.’s three-largest trading partners — retaliate, it could be met with an “increase or expand in scope” of the duties already imposed.

In a post on X, Trump said the duties had been imposed “because of the major threat of illegal aliens and deadly drugs killing our Citizens, including fentanyl.”

The U.S. does about $1.6 trillion in …