Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his country would respond if President Donald Trump pressed ahead with his threat to impose tariffs on the US’s northern neighbour. “Canada provides many of the necessary inputs that the American economy is going to need,” he said on Tuesday morning.

Canada’s outgoing prime minister and the leader of the country’s oil rich province of Alberta are confident Canada can avoid the 25% tariffs President Donald Trump says he will impose on Canada and Mexico on Feb.