Mexico says Canada wishes it had its ‘cultural riches’ amid tariffs feud

Leaders cast the other as ill-prepared after Trump threatens to apply 25% taxes on goods from both countries

Mexico's president has said Canadians could only wish they had the cultural riches" of her country as tensions mount between the two nations, caught in a feud over tariffs and trade exacerbated by Donald Trump.

The US president-elect threatened in a social media post last week to apply devastating levies of 25% on all goods and services from both countries, and to keep them in place until such time as drugs, in particular fentanyl, and all illegal aliens stop this invasion of our country!"