Canada will continue to engage with senior Trump administration officials about the tariffs the United States plans to impose on all Canadian imports, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday. "Our goal is to get these tariffs - all tariffs - removed,

A senior Canadian government official says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not willing to lift Canada’s retaliatory tariffs if Trump leaves any tariffs on Canada, The official confirmed the stance on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.

As Trudeau was speaking, Lutnick told CNBC that Trump was deciding whether to exempt all trade covered by the free trade agreement with Canada, the U.S. and Mexico from the 25 per cent tariffs until April 2, which he announced for the auto-sector on Wednesday.