Trump imposes new 25% tariffs on Mexico, Canada

FILE - President Donald Trump holds an executive order about tariff increases as U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick looks on, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Feb. 13, 2025. FILE - Mexican National Guard members patrol along the Mexico-U.S. border in Ciudad Juarez, Feb. 5, 2025.

The United States imposed new 25% tariffs Tuesday on exports from its two biggest trading partners, Mexico and Canada, despite claims from the two neighboring countries that they have curtailed illegal migration and the flow of illicit drugs into the U.S. as President Donald Trump demanded.