Economy-wide tariffs will hit Canada, Mexico on Tuesday: Trump [Video]

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, with a lower 10 per cent levy on Canadian energy, will start Tuesday, tipping the continent into a trade war.

“No room left for Mexico or for Canada (to make a deal),” Trump said at the White House.

Trump’s executive order to implement economy-wide tariffs was delayed until Tuesday after Canada and Mexico agreed to introduce new security measures at the border.

A White House official confirmed on background Monday that the wording in the executive order means the tariffs would kick in at midnight.

The order initially tied the tariffs to the illegal flow of people and drugs across the borders — but Trump previously said the delay would allow time for an “economic” deal.

“What they’ll have to do is build their car plants, frankly, and other things in the …