Canada Keeps ‘Retaliatory’ Tariffs on U.S. Despite Trump Delaying ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order delaying his planned 25% tariffs against Canada and Mexico until April 2.

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order delaying his planned 25% tariffs against Canada and Mexico until April 2.
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum publicly blamed Americans struggling with addiction as the cause of her country facing a new set of tariffs from the Trump administration. She chose to blame victims of cartel drug trafficking rather than ruthless drug lords who enjoy the protection of Mexico’s government.
Mexican drug cartels are reportedly in fear and going into hiding, and Mexican law enforcement officials have ramped up arrests and drug busts in response to the Trump administration threatening to hit the country with tariffs.
Mexico’s top security officials revealed that they had information that some of the 28 top cartel drug lords extradited to U.S. authorities last week could have been released by corrupt judges. The historic move occurred on the same day that Mexico’s security cabinet traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with some U.S. cabinet, military, and law enforcement officials.
Wall Street ended the week on a high note, shaking off geopolitical tensions after President Donald Trump’s tense White House showdown with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Forty years after the kidnapping, torture, and brutal murder of DEA Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, one of the men responsible for his death finally did a perp walk as he got out of a plane into the waiting hands of U.S. agents. The criminal spent decades in Mexico under the protection of top government officials.
Mexico extradited 29 bosses from cartels designated by the Trump administration as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) on Thursday. Included in the list is the accused assassin of a cartel attorney in Dallas who U.S. authorities have wanted for 13 years. The first known image of Jose Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez — “El Gato” — was first revealed by Breitbart Texas.
President Donald Trump has confirmed that his proposed tariffs on Mexico and Canada will begin on March 4, with an “additional 10 percent tariff” likely to be charged to China.
Since last year, Mexico has been trying to get the United States to return arrested drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada. This week, the country’s attorney general complained that the United States has been ignoring their requests.
Mexican President Sheinbaum revealed that her government is studying a letter sent by jailed drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada asking for help as he faces a possible life sentence and even the death penalty for his crimes as one of the supreme leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel. The letter comes just days after Sheinbaum filed a series of proposed changes to the country’s constitution that would impair foreign investigations and actions against drug cartels even though the U.S. government formally designated the Sinaloa Cartel and five other Mexican cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO).
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum filed a controversial series of changes to the country’s constitution that would essentially block any investigation or action by foreign law enforcement agencies without their permission. The provisions could enable Mexico to criminally pursue anyone involved in those investigations. The changes come after the United States designated six Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and announced the intent to eradicate them.
Mexico’s government has been hyping up minor seizures and cartel arrests as part of a PR strategy attempting to appease the Trump administration. Trump officials highlighted Meixco’s inaction against cartels and corruption. The American president has threatened them with tariffs and other punitive measures.
El gobierno de México ha estado exagerando las incautaciones menores y las detenciones de los cárteles como parte de una estrategia de relaciones públicas en un intento de apaciguar a la administración Trump, que ha destacado su inacción contra los cárteles y la corrupción y los ha amenazado con aranceles y otras medidas punitivas.
Apple Maps has officially updated the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America” following President Donald Trump’s executive order entitled “Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness.”
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that she and her staff are considering suing Google for refusing to change the Gulf of America to the Gulf of Mexico.
A former Mexican governor sent a series of letters to U.S. President Donald J. Trump, warning him about the alleged cartel connections of Mexico’s new consul in Miami. In the letters, the politician warned Trump to have the U.S. Department of State and the National Security Council properly check the proposed diplomat due to his questionable background.
Un político mexicano envió una serie de cartas al presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald J. Trump, advirtiéndole sobre las supuestas conexiones con cárteles del nuevo cónsul de México en Miami. En la carta, el político advierte a Trump que haga que el Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos y el Consejo de Seguridad Nacional investiguen adecuadamente al diplomático debido a sus antecedentes cuestionables.
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum invited and stood just a few feet away from an infamous Mexican Army General who has been singled out and previously arrested by the U.S. Department of Justice for having alleged ties to drug cartels. The public appearance comes at a time when Mexico’ is facing immense pressure from the U.S. government to eradicate drug cartels or face sanctions and other punitive measures.
President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa announced on Monday that his country will impose a 27 percent tariff on Mexican goods to ensure “fair treatment” of Ecuadorian producers.
Donald Trump has once again proven himself a more nimble negotiator than his critics understand.
President Donald Trump announced on Monday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and his nominee for Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick, will lead negotiations with Mexico during the month-long pause on freshly inked tariffs.
Mexico’s top security official announced the arrest of a recently promoted member of the Cartel Del Noreste (CDN)faction of Los Zetas. The announcement came just moments after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke with U.S. President Donald J. Trump about border security and tariffs.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum immediately responded to President Donald Trump’s implementation of tariffs on Monday by vowing to post 10,000 troops along its northern border with the United States.
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to send 10,000 troops to its northern border as one of the ways to stop a 25 percent tariff from the Trump administration temporarily. The concession comes after days of grandstanding by the Mexican president, who publicly claimed she would stand up for her country’s sovereignty.
According to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, the United States repatriated 5,282 migrants to Mexico during the first seven days following President Donald Trump’s inauguration. During a Thursday morning press briefing, Sheinbaum told reporters that less than 4,500 returnees were Mexican nationals.
Mexico’s Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero tried to discredit reports of a cartel shootout on the Texas border but got the dates wrong.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum claimed her government had been seamlessly working with U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s administration to receive thousands of deported migrants. The comments come just one day after President Trump threatened to impose punitive tariffs on Colombia after President Gustavo Petro refused to accept deportation flights. The Colombian president quickly folded under the threats.
Mexican government officials refused to comment about the apparent refusal to accept a U.S. military flight carrying migrants headed for Mexico.
Three days of shootouts led to several dead gunmen and a gory beheading as members of the terrorist organization Cartel Jalisco New Generation continued their push for control of the western state of Michoacan. This escalation in violence comes one day before Mexican government officials talked about how crime has decreased in recent weeks.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum introduced an economic plan on Monday that was seemingly tailored to avoid U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs by reducing imports from China.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) revealed that firefighters from Mexico were coming to assist with the ongoing Eaton Fire.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum appears to have changed her mind and warmed to the concept of receiving migrants from other countries who are expected to be deported by the Trump administration later this month.
Mexico’s plans for the mass deportation of migrants from the United States move into high gear as local and state officials prepare shelters and supplies.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced an open investigation by the country’s attorney general’s office against the mayor of Coalcoman, Michoacan, over a Christmas party. Government officials in attendance allegedly praised various drug kingpins from Cartel Jalisco New Generation for “their generosity” in giving a large number of gifts to local children.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum addressed a recent series of New York Times reports about fentanyl production in Sinaloa, calling the stories “not very believable.” The reports, titled “This is What Makes Us Rich: Inside a Sinaloa Cartel Lab” and “How Mexican Cartels Test Fentanyl on Vulnerable People and Animals,” were published one day earlier.
Claudia Sheinbaum, President of Mexico, celebrated her country’s migrants to the United States with a bilingual hymn.
Governors in Mexico’s northern border states began making preparations for President-Elect Donald Trump’s planned mass deportation operations. The president of Mexico told the governors to expect to receive migrants removed from the United States in February.
Canadian Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre said he felt “badly” watching leftist Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meet Donald Trump.
Mexican immigration authorities dissolved one of the large migrant caravans moving through southern Mexico as they provided the group with bus transportation to other parts of Mexico and promised to help them with their paperwork. The move comes soon after Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum had phone calls with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump over the threats of tariffs if Mexico does not halt the flow of drugs, migrants, and asylum seekers headed north.
Mexico’s president is trying to prevent Donald Trump from deporting Mexican illegals and to preserve the migrant quota granted to Mexico by President Joe Biden’s pro-migration deputies.