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Canada will bring ‘forceful but reasonable’ retaliation to Trump tariffs, Trudeau says

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Justin Trudeau speaks on US-Canada relations in Toronto on Friday. Photograph: Cole Burston/Reuters

Justin Trudeau says Canada will bring a “forceful but reasonable” retaliation to any tariffs imposed by the US as his country braces for the economic fallout of a trade war.

“I won’t sugarcoat it – our nation could be facing difficult times in the coming days and weeks,” Trudeau said on Friday while speaking to an advisory council on Canada-US relations. “I know Canadians might be anxious and worried, but I want them to know the federal government – and indeed, all orders of government – have their backs.”

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