President Donald Trump's threats to impose punishing tariffs on Canada and Mexico may be part of a strategy to gain leverage ahead of new negotiations on a regional trade agreement, experts said.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge to levy punishing new tariffs on Canada has prompted calls for Ottawa and the provinces to turn to other markets. But any bid to do more business with Canada’s second-largest trading partner,

President Donald Trump has once again stirred the waters of international trade, reiterating his threat to impose tariffs on Canada unless certain conditions are met. In a bold move, Trump suggested that Canada could avoid these tariffs by becoming a state within the United States.