Mexico, Canada seek to forestall Trump's tariffs with anti-drug efforts

1/3/2025 6:40

Canada and Mexico on Friday sought to show U.S. President Donald Trump's administration evidence of progress in curbing the flow of fentanyl opioids into the U.S. ahead of a March 4 deadline for punishing 25% tariffs on their goods imports.



China, facing an extra U.S. import duty of 10% on Tuesday, accused the U.S. of "tariff pressure and blackmail" over fentanyl and warned that it would backfire.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told a daily briefing in Beijing on Friday that Trump's latest tariff threat, which comes on top of 10% U.S. duties on Chinese goods imposed on Feb. 4, "has created a serious impact, pressure, coercion and threat to the dialogue and cooperation between the two sides in the field of drug control."