Ottawa's former chief trade negotiator Steve Verheul says Alberta is undermining Canada's attempts to prevent the U.S. from levying damaging tariffs — a measure U.S. President Donald Trump has said could drive Canada into "failed state" status.

To the new US president, Canada seems less like a partner or rival and more like a neighbour whose economic dependence can be exploited.

The government is preparing for the possibility that the incoming U.S. administration will impose high tariffs on Canadian goods, setting the close allies up for a showdown.

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The leader of Canada’s most populous province of Ontario says he will be calling a provincial election next week because he says needs a mandate to fight President Donald Trump’s threatened

U.S. President Donald Trump commented on potential tariffs on Canadian goods coming into the United States while on a trip to North Carolina on Friday. Trump claimed that the U.S. loses $200 billion a year with Canada.