‘Divide and conquer’: Canada and Mexico offer unco-ordinated tariff response after premiers’ slights

'What we did to Mexico was almost Trumpian in the way we threw them under the bus,' says Carlo Dade, a member of the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, gained a 30-day reprieve from punishing American tariffs after calls with U.S. President Donald Trump.Photographs courtesy of Eneas De Troya, Gage Skidmore, and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

February 5, 2025

As Canada and Mexico gained a momentary reprieve from United States President Donald Trump’s planned tariffs, a lack of co-ordination between the two nations reveals mistrust in the relationship, say observers.

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