Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday that Canada would seek to highlight the negative impact of the United States' steel and aluminium tariffs and that - if needed - the response from Canada would be firm and clear.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government will work to convince the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump his promised tariffs would have a negative affect on both countries.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday that Canada must think “tactically and strategically” on how to deal with U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to impose hefty tariffs on all Canadian imports.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in a talk with business leaders, said Canada’s wealth of critical minerals are behind Mr. Trump’s comments about making its northern neighbor a U.S. state.

President Donald Trump said he is serious about his plans to make Canada the 51st state during an interview that aired before Sunday night’s Super Bowl. “Yeah, it is,” he replied when asked by Fox News host Bret Baier if his “wish” for Canada to join the United States was a “real thing”—as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently warned a group of businessmen.

"It's clear to us that just the threat of tariffs are having impacts here in Canada, and they are already driving up costs for US consumers if tariffs actually show up and come in