WASHINGTON—Automakers will get a one-month reprieve from tariffs on Mexico and Canada for cars that comply with a free-trade agreement between those two nations and the U.S., the White House said Wednesday.

OTTAWA — The White House announced on Wednesday that the U.S. was providing a one-month exemption to automobiles covered by a free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico from the 25 per cent tariffs he slapped on both countries.

President Donald Trump is giving US automakers a brief delay on tariffs imposed against Canada and Mexico as trade war tensions escalate and concerns rise domestically about the economy. The pause was confirmed at a news briefing by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday,