Join the club. Washington is playing the waiting game as Feb. 1 nears. By our complex calculations, that’s Saturday, and it’s the date Trump has teased for when Mexico and Canada – two of America’s largest trading partners – will be slapped with 25% tariffs. (China, meanwhile, could get a 10% levy.)

President Donald Trump said he would follow through on his threat to impose 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico on Feb. 1, citing the flow of fentanyl and large trade deficits as among the reasons for his decision.

Trump has vowed punishing tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, which are Texas’ biggest international trading partners.