Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum have announced retaliatory tariffs in response to President Donald Trump’s new trade measures.
Trudeau stated Saturday that Canada will impose 25% tariffs on up to $155 billion in U.S. imports, with an initial round of $30 billion in duties on American alcohol and fruit taking effect Tuesday, the same day Trump’s tariffs begin.
“It will have real consequences for you, the American people,” Trudeau warned, claiming that Americans would face higher prices on groceries and other goods as a result.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum also announced retaliatory measures just hours after Trump signed his order.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Sheinbaum said she had instructed her economy secretary to implement countermeasures, including new tariffs and other economic responses to defend Mexico’s interests.
Trump’s tariffs—25% on Mexico and Canada, and 10% on China—were framed as a necessary response to national security threats and unchecked illegal immigration. The White House has indicated that these measures could expand further if the affected countries retaliate.
“We categorically reject the White House’s slander that the Mexican government has alliances with criminal organizations, as well as any intention of meddling in our territory,” Sheinbaum wrote.
“If the United States government and its agencies wanted to address the serious fentanyl consumption in their country, they could fight the sale of drugs on the streets of their major cities, which they don’t do and the laundering of money that this illegal activity generates that has done so much harm to its population.”
