Trump signs executive orders imposing tariffs on steel, aluminum imports

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday imposing 25 per cent tariffs on all imported aluminum and steel.

Trump signed the executive order in the Oval Office shortly before 6:30 p.m.

The president initially told reporters about the new duties on Air Force One as he flew to New Orleans to attend Sunday’s Super Bowl.

He said there will be “no carveouts for Canada or Mexico.”

Both Canada and Mexico received a month-long pause on Trump’s previous threat to impose 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs and a lower 10 percent levy on Canadian energy.

Canada produces about a quarter of U.S. steel imports, while Mexico supplies about half that.

Canada and Mexico are the largest and third largest exporters of steel to the United States, according to U.S. Commerce Department data.

In the first Trump administration, the president also imposed duties on steel and aluminum during negotiations on the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement.

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