WASHINGTON — Amid the whirl of orders Donald Trump issued in the early hours of his presidency, one was conspicuous in its absence: new tariffs on Canada and Mexico. Trump had pledged to impose 25% tariffs on both countries on Day One of his presidency to pressure them to keep migrants and drugs out of the United States.

US Vice President-elect JD Vance and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng discussed fentanyl and trade during a meeting in Washington on the eve of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

Mexican drug gangs are a driving force behind the U.S. fentanyl crisis and Trump vowed to crack down on cartels during his successful presidential campaign.

On the very first full day of his second presidency, Mr Trump said the tariffs on China were still on the table in his remarks to reporters at the White House on Tuesday. The remarks came even after Mr Trump refrained from mentioning China from the countries he was looking to target immediately.

Navarro, in the TV interview, said the Trump administration views “tariffs as tax cuts,” referring to the idea that Republicans could heavily rely on the duties to help pay for the multi-trillion-dollar cost of extending Trump’s 2017 tax cuts for another 10 years.

President Donald Trump did not include his 25% tariff plan, which he announced last year, in his slew of executive orders.

China on Wednesday vowed to defend its "national interests" against tariff threats from US President Donald Trump after warned he could impose a 10 percent duty on imports from the country by the end of next week.

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WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to hit the European Union with tariffs and said his administration was discussing a 10% punitive duty on Chinese imports because fentanyl is being sent from China to the U.

WASHINGTON : US President Donald Trump yesterday vowed to hit the EU with tariffs and said his administration was discussing a 10% punitive duty on Chinese imports because fentanyl is being sent from China to the US via Mexico and Canada.

BEIJING – China vowed on Jan 22 to defend its “national interests” against tariff threats from US President Donald Trump, who warned he could impose a 10 per cent duty on imports from the country by the end of next week.