America's closest neighbors, Canada and Mexico, excoriated President Donald Trump for slapping historic tariffs on goods from their countries. Trump's broad tariffs went into effect on Tuesday, along with increased duties on goods from China,

President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada, plus an additional 10% tariff on Chinese imports, started just after midnight Tuesday—potentially leading to price hikes on a range of imported goods, from food and alcohol to cars and prompting Canada and China to announce retaliatory tariffs.

Throughout his 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump threatened to implement tariffs (i.e., taxes upon goods imported to America from our trade partners) against such trade partners as China, Canada and Mexico.