Trump imposed new tariffs on goods originating from its most immediate neighbors, Canada and Mexico, that would take effect on February 4. For weeks, he has been teasing these measures, specifically a 25% tariff on all imported goods originating from the two countries—save for a 10% carveout for Canadian oil.

U.S. President Donald Trump has pledged to place 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada from Feb. 1 if the two countries are not judged to be doing enough to stop the flow of fentanyl into the United States.

His efforts to “repel the disastrous invasion of our country” by migrants and drugs from Mexico and Canada may soon include stemming the passage of cars. A promise to impose sweeping tariffs on “day one”,

The Trump administration has said the tariffs are a strategy to gain leverage on immigration and drug enforcement policies at the U.S.-Mexico border.

American automakers have relied on labor from neighbors to the north and south since the early days of auto production in North America.