The tally, 219-211, was among the first times the House, controlled by Republicans, has confronted the president over a signature policy, and drew instant recrimination from Trump himself.

The House of Representatives has voted to overturn Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada in a major rebuke of the US president’s signature economic policy.

Trump warned that any Republican in the House or Senate who voted against the tariffs would "seriously suffer the consequences come Election time."