Mexican and Canadian officials worked the phones and booked trips to Washington as time runs out to stave off President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 25% tariffs against the two largest US trading partners on Saturday.

Canada’s Public Safety Minister David McGuinty plans to head to Washington, D.C., on Thursday to meet with U.S. officials to bring them up to speed on the work being done to strengthen border security.

Dominic LeBlanc has no time for “51st state” jokes. He’s too busy trying to keep the U.S. from slapping tariffs on its neighbor to the north.

The White House was emphatic on the rate Canada and Mexico should expect: 25 per cent, a number that premiers, industry and union leaders have warned would devastate Canadian jobs. The Bank of Canada also cautioned that a trade war based on 25 per cent tariffs would trigger a recession.

Canadian leaders expressed relief that broad tariffs were not applied to Canadian products on the first day of Donald Trump’s presidency.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday Canada is ready to deliver a purposeful forceful but reasonable immediate response if US Pre

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.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is ready to deliver a "purposeful, forceful but reasonable immediate" response if U.S. President Donald Trump imposes tariffs on Canadian imports.

It's not what we want, but if he moves forward, we will also act,' says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau - Anadolu Ajansı

Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland says Ottawa should target Tesla vehicles and U.S. alcohol as part of its tariff retaliation package to send a message that an attack on Canadian trade would not be cost-free for Trump's allies.

As the Saturday deadline approaches, Canadas diplomatic and economic strategies will be closely watched, with hopes that negotiations in Washington will yield a positive outcome for both nations.

f U.S. President Donald Trump chooses to implement tariffs on Canada, the country is ready to respond immediately, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday while delivering remarks at a meeting of the Council on Canada-U.S. Relations. Trudeau said it’s not what Canada wants, but the country is ready for any scenario.