President Donald Trump's threats to impose punishing tariffs on Canada and Mexico may be part of a strategy to gain leverage ahead of new negotiations on a regional trade agreement, experts said.

While much about the threatened tariffs is still unclear, experts predict they would be bad news for all three economies, with few winners.

The Trudeau government and regional leaders have put into place a retaliation strategy that's ready to go as leaders call for a national buy-Canadian response to President Donald Trump's tariff plans.

This was the first time in recent memory that military aircraft were used to fly migrants out of the country, one U.S. official said.

Mexico has declined to accept a plane deporting migrants from the United States. The country rejected the request of US President Donald Trump's administration, Reuters reports. On January 24, US military aircraft made two flights to Guatemala,