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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau answers questions from reporters as he makes his way to a meeting of the Liberal caucus in West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada’s Justin Trudeau says Americans will pay more whenever Trump decides to impose tariffs on neighbor

By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press

Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly and Minister of Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc speak to reporters prior to a meeting during a cabinet retreat at Chateau Montebello in Montebello, Quebec, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada says it ‘will continue to work on preventing tariffs’ but said it is also ‘working on retaliation’ if Trump follows through with Feb. 1 threat

By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican governors at Mar-a-Lago, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Canada ready to buy more American products, including a submarine fleet, to appease Trump tariff threat, ambassador says

By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press

US President-elect Donald Trump

Canada eyes retaliation against U.S. orange juice and steel if Trump imposes tariffs

By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press

President-elect Donald Trump walks with Melania Trump at the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Washington, followed by Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump, the ‘America First’ candidate who pledged no new wars, now is looking into imperialism: ‘This is maximum Trump’

By Jill Colvin, Rob Gillies, and others

Bank of England's former governor Mark Carney

What’s next for Canada? ‘Rock star’ economist Mark Carney a front-runner to replace departing Justin Trudeau

By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press

Danielle Smith, Alberta's premier

Premier of oil-rich Alberta says Americans will pay a lot more for gas if Donald Trump imposes 25% tariffs on Canada

By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press

Doug Ford, Ontario’s premier, during the 2024 Fall Meeting of Canada’s Premiers in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. Canada is examining the use of export taxes on major commodities it exports to the US – including uranium, oil and potash – if incoming President Donald Trump carries out his threat to impose broad tariffs. Photographer: David Kawai/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Ontario leader says Trump’s 25% Canada tariffs would be a ‘disaster’ that would hurt U.S. stock markets

By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press

KYIV, UKRAINE – JUNE 10: Canadian Prime Minister accompanied by Canada’s Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland, (2nd L) visit an exhibition of destroyed vehicles on the day of his visit to the Wall of Remembrance to pay tribute to Ukrainian soldiers killed amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine on June 10, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Valentyn Ogirenko-Pool/Getty Images)

Trump insults Canada’s ‘totally toxic’ finance minister after she slams Trudeau government’s ‘costly political gimmicks’ in her resignation

By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press

Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to members of the media as mayors from selected municipalities and government ministers look on the Queen’s Park Legislature in Toronto on Thursday Dec. 12, 2024. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

Ontario plans to bar American-made alcohol and cut electricity exports to Michigan, New York and Minnesota if Trump tariffs are applied

By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press

FILE – Ontario Premier Doug Ford attends a signing of a memorandum of understanding with Governor of Illinois J.B. Pritzker, at the US-Canada Summit in Toronto, Canada, June 11, 2024. (Chris Young /The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Ontario premier says energy supplies to the U.S. will be cut off if Trump imposes tariffs on Canada

By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press

This screenshot from Donald Trump’s Truth Social account shows am image of President-elect Donald Trump standing beside a Canadian flag. Trump’s recent summit with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and visit to Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral were not just exercises in negotiating trade policy and diplomacy. For Trump, they’ve also become fodder for trolling. (Truth Social via AP)

Trump is bringing his trolling back to the world stage—‘It sounds like we’re living in a episode of South Park’

By Michelle L. Price, Rob Gillies, and others

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a fireside chat with the Halifax Chamber of Commerce in Halifax Monday Dec. 9, 2024. (Riley Smith/The Canadian Press via AP)

Trudeau says Americans are beginning to ‘wake up’ that Trump tariffs on Canada would make life ‘a lot more expensive’

By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at an event where it was announced that Prince Edward Island has signed on to the Federal School food program, in Mount Stewart, Prince Edward Island, Canada, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (Ron Ward/The Canadian Press via AP)

Trump was joking when he said Canada could become the 51st state, Canadian minister says

By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks through the lobby of the Delta Hotel by Marriott, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trudeau told Trump that Americans would suffer if he imposed tariffs, says Canadian minister who attended their dinner

By Rob Gillies and The Associated Press