President Claudia Sheinbaum is detaining more migrants, seizing more fentanyl and positioning her country as a key ally against China. But the U.S. stance has shifted, too.

President Donald Trump told reporters hours after taking office that he was considering levying a blanket duty on Mexico and Canada on Feb. 1.

Trump underscored his intention to use tariffs, a tax on foreign goods, as a tool of international economic policy and an increasingly vital source of government revenue.

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.

Trump in response to a reporter’s question said the administration was considering imposing tariffs of 25% on imports from Mexico and Canada as soon as Feb. 1. The moves, if implemented, would kickstart a long-expected trade war between the three countries.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he was thinking of imposing 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico because they were allowing many people to cross the border as well as fentanyl.

President Donald Trump said Monday he planned to put a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico by Feb. 1, but held off on previous pledges of across-the-board tariffs and even higher ones on China.

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

President Donald Trump’s plans for tariffs on Canada and Mexico, two nations vital for U.S. energy and auto imports, threaten to set off a trade war.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency said campaigns sounding the alarm about the dangers of fentanyl are working in New Mexico but there is still lots of work to be done. “We credit a lot to all the organizations that are raising awareness,

President Donald Trump said he planned to impose previously threatened tariffs of as much as 25 percent on Mexico and Canada by Feb. 1, reiterating his contention that America’s two immediate neighbors are letting undocumented migrants and drugs flood into the country.