• Trump takes credit for 'swift and unrelenting' action in speech as Democrats dissent

    Trump takes credit for 'swift and unrelenting' action in speech as Democrats dissent

    Mar 05, 2025 03:36 AM EDT

    ... and closest trading partners. A 25% tax on goods from Canada and Mexico went into effect early Tuesday — ostensibly to secure greater cooperation to tackle fentanyl trafficking and illegal immigration — triggering immediate retaliation and sparking fears of a wider trade war. Trump also raised tariffs on goods from China to ...

  • Businesses hit by new tariffs U.S. slaps on Mexico, Canada and China

    Businesses hit by new tariffs U.S. slaps on Mexico, Canada and China

    Mar 04, 2025 11:55 PM EDT

    ... Lutnick defended the tariffs on CNBC and said they could be lifted later on. He argued today's policy is tied to the flow of fentanyl into the U.S. from China and across the borders with Canada and Mexico. Howard Lutnick: We need to see material reduction in autopsied ...

  • Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt discusses Trump’s new tariffs ahead of address to Congress

    Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt discusses Trump’s new tariffs ahead of address to Congress

    Mar 04, 2025 11:40 PM EDT

    ... about getting them to deal seriously with not just illegal immigration at our southern border and our northern border, but also as it relates to fentanyl. And people might dismiss the idea that the northern border is that much of a problem, but the truth of the matter is, we ...

  • Mexico argues American gunmakers liable for cartel gun violence

    Mexico argues American gunmakers liable for cartel gun violence

    Mar 04, 2025 11:20 PM EDT

    ... there is that, if you were able to cut off that supply, then you could potentially end up in a situation where there's less fentanyl trafficking, there's less human trafficking coming across the border, and you could mitigate maybe some of that violence that's really the root ...

  • WATCH: Senate Democrats hold news conference ahead of Trump's address to Congress

    WATCH: Senate Democrats hold news conference ahead of Trump's address to Congress

    Mar 04, 2025 05:35 PM EDT

    ... trading partners. A 25 percent tax on goods from Canada and Mexico went into effect early Tuesday — ostensibly to secure greater cooperation to tackle illicit fentanyl trafficking — triggering immediate retaliation and sparking fears of a wider trade war. Trump also raised tariffs on goods from China to 20 percent. The ...

  • LISTEN: Supreme Court hears case on U.S. gun makers sued by Mexico for fueling cartel violence

    LISTEN: Supreme Court hears case on U.S. gun makers sued by Mexico for fueling cartel violence

    Mar 04, 2025 02:58 PM EDT

    ... go into effect. Trump has said the tariffs are aimed in part on forcing the two U.S. neighbors to step up their fight against fentanyl trafficking and stop illegal immigration.The case began four years ago, when the Mexican government filed its blockbuster suit against some of the biggest ...

  • 25 percent tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports will start Tuesday, Trump says

    25 percent tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports will start Tuesday, Trump says

    Mar 03, 2025 10:54 PM EDT

    ... s concerns. Mexico sent 10,000 National Guard troops to their shared border to crack down on drug trafficking and illegal immigration. Canada named a fentanyl czar, even though smuggling of the drug from Canada into the United States appears to be relatively modest. As late as Sunday, it remained ...

  • A look inside Canada’s last-minute efforts to avert Trump’s steep tariffs

    A look inside Canada’s last-minute efforts to avert Trump’s steep tariffs

    Mar 01, 2025 10:40 PM EDT

    David McGuinty: We know what seriously limited means. It means as little as possible if no fentanyl, because fentanyl is a terrible scourge wreaking havoc in both of our countries. There are some days on a per capita basis, there are more Canadians dying from fentanyl and opiate overdoses than ...

  • WATCH: President Donald Trump's 2025 address to Congress | PBS News Special

    WATCH: President Donald Trump's 2025 address to Congress | PBS News Special

    Feb 28, 2025 07:29 PM EDT

    ... closest trading partners. A 25 percent tax on goods from Canada and Mexico went into effect early Tuesday — ostensibly to secure greater cooperation to tackle fentanyl trafficking and illegal immigration — triggering immediate retaliation and sparking fears of a wider trade war. Trump also raised tariffs on goods from China to ...

  • Mexican cartel leaders to be arraigned in NYC after their surprise transfer

    Mexican cartel leaders to be arraigned in NYC after their surprise transfer

    Feb 28, 2025 05:24 PM EDT

    ... the American people," the statement read. The prisoner handover comes as Mexican officials are in Washington trying to dissuade President Donald Trump from imposing 25 percent tariffs on all Mexican imports. In exchange for delaying tariffs, Trump had insisted that Mexico crack down on cartels, illegal immigration and fentanyl production.