During President-elect Donald Trump’s first term, America launched an all-out trade war with China to boost US manufacturing, secure US national security interests and resolve what Trump believed was an extremely out-of-balance trade relationship.

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The president-elect said that he would impose the across-the-board tariffs on Day 1 and that they would stay in place until Canada, Mexico and China halted the flow of drugs and migrants.

Trump's early tariff announcements on Mexico, Canada, and China are just the "opening move," wrote one trade-focused attorney.

Mexico and Canada are the United States’ top two trading partners, accounting for nearly 30% of trade volumes.

Mexico and Canada are two of America's biggest trading partners, shipping everything from energy and vehicles to machinery and electronics to the US.

Mexico has been taking a bashing lately for allegedly serving as a conduit for Chinese parts and products into North America, and officials are afraid Trump or Canadian PM Justin Trudeau could try

Mexican officials fear their country could be left out of the USMCA over alleged trade in Chinese steel and automotive products.