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Trump halts Mexico tariffs as last-ditch Canada, China talks continue

Shipping containers are seen at the Port of Montreal in Montreal, Canada, on February 3, 2025. [AFP]

US President Donald Trump delayed the start of tariffs on Mexico for one month after the two countries struck a last-minute border deal Monday -- but Canada and China are still in talks to avoid sweeping levies that have caused stock markets to slump.

As fears of a damaging global trade war mounted, Trump and his Mexican counterpart Claudia Sheinbaum announced the halt after she agreed to send 10,000 troops to the US-Mexico frontier to stop the flow of the drug fentanyl.

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