Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government is having "intensive discussions" with the United States to remove what he calls an "unjustified and illegal" increase on steel and aluminum tariffs.

Canada is going to wait before enacting any further retaliation against the U.S. over higher steel and aluminum tariffs because negotiators are in talks on a new bilateral economic-and-security deal,

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada won’t respond immediately to the Trump administration’s doubling of steel and aluminum tariffs, and indicated that officials are in “intensive discussions” about the trade relationship between the countries.