In the hours before Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a 30-day pause on US President Donald Trump’s threatened 25% tariff on Canadian goods, the co-founder of one of Canada’s largest auto parts manufacturers was bewildered.

Mexico and Canada on Monday reached separate agreements with President Trump to pause tariffs for 30-days, staving off a U.S. trade war with those countries for the time being.Over the weekend, the Trump administration had said it would levy 25% import tariffs on goods from the two countries,

President Donald Trump's tariff dispute with China, Canada and Mexico over fentanyl smuggling and illegal immigration has led to retaliation by the Chinese government.