Trump, on his first day in office, suggested he may do just that. Trump has threatened to impose 25% tariffs on all goods from Canada and Mexico on February 1 in response to what he views as inadequate border security failing to stop drugs and migrants from coming into the United States.

Trump has threatened to deploy the US special forces to Mexico to take out drug cartels, and said in Davos that the US was also “dealing with Mexico very well”. His approach has had a dramatic effect on what are usually routine amendment procedures in most trade deals, Shoyer said.