"If we need to retaliate, we will do so," says Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly. "The Americans would be starting a trade war against us and this would be the biggest trade war between Canada and the U.

The Trudeau government is planning a first round of counter-tariffs that could be unveiled as soon as incoming U.S. president Donald Trump is sworn in on Monday, Radio-Canada has confirmed.The counter-tariffs would apply to $37 billion in goods that would be less harmful to the Canadian economy.

Canada must send a “message” to President-elect Trump on tariffs, one of the country’s provincial leaders said Wednesday alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who described the threatened