Donald Trump Announces 30-Day Halt In Tariffs On Canada, Mexico

By our Special Correspondent

President Donald Trump delayed the start of tariffs on Mexico and Canada for a month Monday after the US neighbours struck last-minute deals to tighten border measures against the flow of migrants and the drug fentanyl.

Global stock markets had slumped as Trump's threat of sweeping 25 percent levies on exports from Canada and Mexico to the United States sparked fears of a global trade war.