Companies, consumers and farmers across North America braced on Friday for U.S. President Donald Trump to impose 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports within hours, moves that could disrupt nearly $1.

Tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada could arrive Saturday. Look for confusion on the border, higher prices and cheers from the steel industry.

US President Donald Trump has said he will follow through with his threat to hit imports from Canada and Mexico with 25% border taxes, known as tariffs, on 1 February. But he added that a decision about whether this would include oil from those countries has not yet been made.

North American businesses, consumers, and farmers are bracing for a major economic shake-up as former US President Donald Trump prepares to impose 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico. The move,