The leaders of both Canada and Mexico got on the phone with President Donald Trump this past week to seek solutions after he slapped tariffs on their countries, but China’s president appears unlikely to make a similar call soon.

The US president threatens to increase 25% tariffs on Canada if it goes ahead with planned retaliatory action on American goods.

Beijing, which set steep duties on canola, peas and pork, wants Canada and Mexico to resist U.S. pressure to raise tariffs on Chinese goods.

President Donald Trump’s long-threatened tariffs on Canada and Mexico went into effect Tuesday, heightening trade tensions and prompting immediate retaliation. The new tariffs impose a 25% tax on imports from both countries,

China and Canada are hitting back against US tariffs on their imports that came into force today (4 March). In a statement yesterday (3 March), China's Ministry of Finance said it would bring in "additional tariffs" on a selection of US imports,

Canada and China swiftly announced retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. on Tuesday, shortly after long-threatened levies by the Trump administration on those countries and Mexico took effect.

The tariffs are scheduled to come into effect on March 20, according to the council. Beijing linked the move to Canada imposing a 100 percent tariff on Chinese-made electric vehic