Golden Finance reported that U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he hoped President-elect Trump would reconsider his plan to impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada, saying it could "mess up" relations with close allies. "I hope he reconsiders. I think it would be counterproductive," he said on Nantucket. "We in the United States are in an unusual situation. We are surrounded by the Pacific, the Atlantic, and two allies: Mexico and Canada. The last thing we need is What it does is it starts to destroy those relationships."