Mexico and Canada are putting aside their differences and forming a more united front as they try to head off US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose steep tariffs on them as soon as next week. Since winning the election in November Trump has repeatedly threatened his country’s two largest trading partners with tariffs of 25 per cent on all exports to the US in retaliation for what he says are rising levels of illegal immigration and the trafficking of the opioid fentanyl into the country.

JPMorgan believes that U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico is just a bargaining tactic to speed up the renegotiation process for the trade agreement between the three North American nations.

Four military police units from Texas are among as many as 1,500 active-duty troops bound for the nation’s southern border to “bolster security,” military leaders said Friday. The movement, announced by the U.