“I can confirm that morning, February 1, is the time limit that President Trump has sat for several weeks,” said White House spokesman Karoline Leavitt.
Canada and Mexico are imposed on 25 percent, while imported Chinese goods receive 10 percent penalties.
Canada’s outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau previously threatened with immediate countermeasures about the United States facing customs.
“That’s not what we want, but if he does this we will act,” said Trudeau on Friday according to the British BBC and continued::
– I do not want to cover (the financial problems), the next few days and weeks will be difficult for our country.
Can reduce energy exports
Canada has strengthened the border guard to the United States to prevent smuggling of, among other things, drug fentanyl – as President Donald Trump demanded.
But the Canadian government is reported to prepare several countermeasures. In previous trade war, customs are introduced on, among other things, orange juice and alcoholic beverages from the United States. Canada can also threaten to reduce energy exports to mainly the northeastern United States, which is largely dependent on Canadian electricity supply.