Trump Delays Tariffs on Some Goods From Canada, Mexico

The president paused tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods under a trade agreement until April 2.

A line of trucks traveling into Canada at the Pacific Highway US-Canadian border crossing in Blaine, Wash., on March 5, 2025. Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on March 6, making amendments to tariffs recently imposed on Mexico and Canada. According to the orders, goods that fall under the U.S.–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) will be exempt from tariffs until April 2. The USMCA was enacted during the first Trump administration.

“USMCA compliant goods will not have a tariff for the next month until April 2,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said in a statement. “That includes autos, and the autos were the lead in getting this deal done.”