Most Canadian goods entering the U.S. will face a 25 per cent tariff starting Tuesday.
President Donald Trump confirmed the date in a post on his Truth Social account on Thursday.
“Drugs are still pouring into our Country from Mexico and Canada at very high and unacceptable levels,” Trump wrote on Thursday morning.
“We cannot allow this scourge to continue to harm the USA, and therefore, until it stops, or is seriously limited, the proposed TARIFFS scheduled to go into effect on MARCH FOURTH will, indeed, go into effect, as scheduled.”
A 25 per cent tariff on most Canadian goods — except a lower 10 per cent tariff on energy — was set to take effect on Feb. 3.
However, in an eleventh-hour deal between the countries, the United States agreed to pause the tariffs for 30 days.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada made a number of new commitments in addition to its $1.3-billion border plan.
They included appointing a fentanyl czar, listing cartels as terrorists, ensuring 24/7 eyes on the border and launching a Canada-U.S. Joint Strike Force to combat organized crime, fentanyl and money laundering.
Trudeau said he had also signed a new intelligence directive on organized crime and fentanyl and will be backing it with $200 million.
Meanwhile, the U.S. president says reciprocal tariffs on specific goods will take effect on April 2.
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