Justin Trudeau during a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on February 1. Credit: David Kawai/Bloomberg.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that, after a call he had with President Donald Trump, new tariffs on Canadian and U.S. goods will be paused for 30 days. Canada is appointing a new fentanyl czar; will list cartels as terrorists; and will launch a joint “strike force” with the United States to fight organized crime, drug trafficking, and money laundering, Trudeau said in a post on X.

“I have also signed a new intelligence directive on organized crime and fentanyl, and we will be backing it with $200 million,” Trudeau said. The Canadian government is going ahead with a C$1.3 billion (US$901 million) plan it announced in December to add more border security resources, including helicopters, the prime minister said.

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