Canada and Mexico wouldn’t immediately be subject to the new tariff regime, senior administration officials told reporters Wednesday, but instead would still be subject to the tariffs Trump previously imposed,

The initial justification for the off-again, on-again tariffs on Canada and Mexico — as well as tariffs on China, which are in effect — cited what the White House said was these countries’ failure at “stopping poisonous fentanyl and other drugs from flowing into our country.

President Donald Trump is not imposing his new 10% global tariff rate on goods from Canada and Mexico while his previous order remains in place for up to 25% tariffs on many goods from the two in connection to border control and fentanyl trafficking issues,