Trump says tariffs will hit Canada, Mexico on Tuesday – National [Video]

Tariffs on Canada and Mexico will land on Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday.

“Very importantly tomorrow, tariffs — 25 per cent on Canada and 25 per cent on Mexico — and that’ll start. So they’re going to have to have a tariff,” Trump told reporters in the White House.

Trump was referring to the broad-based 25 per cent tariffs on all goods coming in from Canada and Mexico, with a lower 10 per cent rate for Canadian energy exports and an additional 10 per cent on Chinese goods.

Trump has said these tariffs are aimed at curbing the flow of illegal substances, specifically fentanyl, coming in through the border into the United States. He claimed on Monday that fentanyl continues to pour into the U.S. from China through Canada and Mexico.

The tariffs were originally slated to go into effect on Feb. 4, but Trump decided to defer them for a month after a phone call …