Trump pushes back tariffs of Mexico and Canada to Feb. 1

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President Donald Trump decided to postpone his promise of implementing a 25% tariff on all goods imported from Canada and Mexico, his latest effort to curb illegal immigration and the flow of fentanyl. 

“We’re thinking in terms of 25% on Mexico and Canada because they’re allowing vast numbers of people” across the border, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday night. “I think we’ll do it Feb. 1.”

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