President Donald Trump said he chose to delay the United States’s tariffs on Mexico and Canada to give automakers in the U.S. “a break” before the tariffs are implemented next month. 

The president paused his 25% tariffs on imports from the neighboring countries on Thursday, just two days after his tariffs on Canada took effect. Explaining this “short-term” delay, Trump argued that the countries do “a lot of their business” with the U.S., in contrast to how much business the U.S. does with either Mexico or Canada.