Threats by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to impose tariffs have created a split between Canada and Mexico, after Canadian officials said problems with the two countries’ borders shouldn’t be compared.

Last Monday on the website Truth Social, President-elect Donald Trump made clear his intention to impose a substantial tariff on products imported to the United States from Canada and Mexico. Trump announced his tariff plan after alleging that "thousands of people are pouring through Mexico and Canada,

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.