Trump Halts Tariffs On Imports On Canadian Goods, Says 'Big One' Coming On April 2; Ottawa Responds

Emmanuel Macronpresident

I hope that I can convince and dissuade the president of the United States of America.”

President Emmanuel Macron on France has tried a similar tack, laying out all his differences with Mr. Trump — mostly on support of Ukraine — and added, a bit wistfully

It’s not gonna be a pause” for Mr. Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs

he insisted

I don’t want to hear from you after April 2.

He quickly added

Ian Bremmereurasia Group founder

25% tariffs on closest allies: crazy,

Ian Bremmer, the global strategist who founded Eurasia Group, wrote on social media recently

This was a short-term deal,

he told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday afternoon, when asked about his calls the previous day with top executives of American car makers

The United States has agreed to suspend tariffs on CUSMA-compliant exports from Canada until April 2nd. As a result, Canada will not proceed with the second wave of tariffs on $125B of U.S. products until April 2nd, while we continue to work for the removal of all tariffs."

In a post on X, LeBlanc posted

The data is clear — travelers are expecting a shift in how they are received abroad,

said Dan Richards, CEO of the Global Rescue Companies, in a prepared statement

If they see that kind of drop-off, you’ll see smaller planes and less frequency and higher costs,

said John DiScala, publisher of the JohnnyJet.com newsletter and a frequent visitor to Canada

Will Americans be welcome? All my Canadian readers said they will be, unless they wear a MAGA hat or ‘51st state’ shirt,

he said

That’s a big gap in a week - it’s beyond the margin of error,

YouGov’s director of public data Paul Smith said

I did this as an accommodation, and out of respect for, President Sheinbaum,

Trump said on Truth Social

Most of the tariffs go on April the second,

Trump said before signing the orders

This whole thing with President Trump is a mess,

Ford said Thursday

Claudia Sheinbaummexican President

I told him we’re getting results,

Sheinbaum said

A lot of them are globalist countries and companies that won’t be doing as well because we’re taking back things that have been taken from us many years ago.”

Asked whether the stock market decline was due to his tariffs, Trump said

The only thing, I guess, to be certain is that we’ve got 30 more days to worry about it,

Dardas said

To make investments and to do things we need to do, we need some certainty. Not that we can have perfect certainty — but not be on a constant diet of, well, we’ll wait till next month to see if the ax is going to fall.”

Speaking to NBC News’ Christine Romans, he later added

The can keeps getting pushed, kicked down the road, and we don’t know what that means,

said Chuck Dardas, president of AlphaUSA, an auto parts manufacturer in Livonia, Michigan

With the constant barrage of geopolitical news - the tariffs on and then off again - confidence is getting a little bit leaky and it's not surprising sentiment is not great,

said Jack Janasiewicz, portfolio manager at Natixis Investment Managers Solutions in Boston

Trump has been very confusing about these tariffs. One day they're on and the next day they're off for a month,

said Tim Ghriskey, senior portfolio strategist at Ingalls & Snyder in New York