3 days ago · President Donald Trump's nominee to run the Commerce Department, Howard Lutnick, said on Wednesday that Canada and Mexico can avoid looming U.S. tariffs if they act swiftly to close their borders ...

3 days ago · Lutnick distinguished between different tariff approaches. Trump has ordered a study of overall trade issues and tariffs to be finished by April 1. Lutnick described that process as broader, while saying the immediate 25 per cent tariffs Trump has pledged on those two countries as soon as Feb. 1 is related to migration and fentanyl issues along their borders into the U.S.

3 days ago · She said that Canada was prepared to retaliate with its own tariffs if necessary. Lutnick, the billionaire chief executive of financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald, said other levies on Canada are to ...

3 days ago · The U.S. is threatening a two-stage tariff plan in which Canada and Mexico could get hit with initial trade penalties within days then face broader penalties this spring. ... Howard Lutnick, U.S ...

3 days ago · Trump has threatened new tariffs on China and an across-the-board levy on everything imported into the United States. He is also planning to impose 25% import taxes — tariffs — Saturday on America’s two biggest trading partners, Canada and Mexico. Lutnick suggested Wednesday that the tariffs on Canada and Mexico could be avoided if they …

3 days ago · Lutnick said Trump's Saturday deadline for imposing 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico was meant to pressure the two countries to stop the flow of fentanyl into the U.S.

3 days ago · President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Commerce Department said Mexico and Canada can avoid new tariffs due this weekend if they clamp down on border security — while also signaling that ...

3 days ago · Billionaire financier Howard Lutnick told his U.S. Senate confirmation hearing that the 25 per cent tariffs Trump has vowed to impose on Canada and Mexico starting Saturday are meant purely to ...

3 days ago · Mexico and Canada, however, could avoid broad tariffs if they shut their borders to stop the flow of fentanyl, Lutnick said, adding that President Trump for now has directed a federal study of ...

3 days ago · Commerce nominee Howard Lutnick says U.S. tariffs against Canada could come in two steps, with the first blow coming as early as Saturday.