EU’s von der Leyen says the EU will safeguard its interests, ‘including the adoption of proportionate countermeasures.’

Trump’s proposed tariff rate on Mexico is 5 percentage points lower than what he imposed on the U.S.’s other major North America trading partner: Canada. The Thursday letter said Canada would have a 35 percent tariff, also citing what the president called an inadequate push from Canadian officials to address fentanyl.