Good evening. I'm John Yang. President Trump said today that Americans may feel some pain as a result of the North American trade war that seems to be emerging after he imposed sweeping tariffs on Mexico and Canada. But Mr. Trump added it would be worth the price.

Retaliatory tariffs were quickly announced by Mexico, Canada, and China, which the president also targeted with import duties.

Last night, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had a stern warning for Americans.

This is a choice that, yes, will harm Canadians.

But beyond that, it will have real consequences for you, the American people.

Today, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urged Mr. Trump to reverse course before the tariffs take effect at 12-01 Tuesday morning.

You campaigned on lowering prices. You campaigned on this wallet. but your tariffs will have more money come out of

this wallet for so many goods and services. The public reaction in Canada appears to be especially

strong. Kirsten Hillman is the Canadian ambassador to the United States. Madam Ambassador,

do you see a way now a path to averting this before Tuesday morning?

Well, you know, I have to hope that there's always a path.

The president put these tariffs in place in relation to concerns that he had at the border or has at the border.

We've been working on that with him and his team since December.

I think we've made incredible progress. We've had discussions last week right up until Friday.

But there's always more to talk about. So I'm hopeful. We're seeing, as I say, a good engagement

with his administration, including his borders are.

So I hope there's always a path out of this, yes.

Is it clear what the president wants out of these talks?

Well, I mean, we have to take him in his word.

What he has said to us, what he's put in the executive order, is that he has concerns around border security.

And when it comes to the northern border, on human, you know,

people crossing the border illegally, we are less than 1% of the people that travel into the

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