President Donald Trump warned Canada and Mexico to expect tariffs of 25% on exports to the United States starting Saturday. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump said he was following through on his campaign threat to impose border taxes on America's neighbors immediately to the north and south of the continental United States over inflows of illegal migrants and drugs and large trade deficits.

President Donald Trump confirmed Thursday that he’s planning to levy a 25% tariff on imports from Mexico and Canada starting Saturday—with broader import taxes potentially soon following—reflecting his campaign promises to implement high tariffs,

If the US imposes import taxes as the president has threatened, its neighbour is mulling a range of targeted responses.