Canada Can Avoid Tariffs By Securing Border: Trump’s Commerce Nominee

Canada Can Avoid Tariffs By Securing Border: Trump’s Commerce Nominee
Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick speaks following the inauguration of President Donald Trump during an event at Capital One Arena in Washington on Jan. 20, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
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Canada and Mexico can avoid American tariffs if they take sufficient action to secure their border and stop the flow of fentanyl, U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick for commerce secretary Howard Lutnick testified at his confirmation hearing.

“As far as I know, they are acting swiftly, and if they execute it, there will be no tariff,” Lutnick testified in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 29. “And if they don’t, then there will be.”