British News Agency

With a vote of 219 to 211, six Republican lawmakers joined Democrats to support a decision aimed at ending the tariffs Trump imposed on Canada last year.

The vote is largely symbolic, as it will need to be approved by the U.S. Senate and then signed by Trump. It is considered highly unlikely that Trump will sign it into law.

Since his re-election, Donald Trump has imposed a series of tariffs on Canada, and most recently, in response to a trade agreement proposed by Canada with China, he threatened a 100% import tax.

While the vote took place in the House, Trump posted on Truth Social: "Any Republican voting against tariffs in the House or Senate will face serious consequences when election time comes. Tariffs have provided us with economic and national security, and no Republican should be responsible for destroying this privilege."

The vote came after a failed attempt by U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, an ally of Trump, to block the debate on Trump's tariffs in Congress.

Due to the narrow Republican majority in the House, the six Republicans voting against and the near-unified front of Democrats were enough to secure the opposition votes.

The measure had been introduced by Democrat Gregory Meeks, who stated that Trump was "using tariffs as a weapon against allies" and destabilizing the global economy.