McKercher said the language used by Trump in his tariff directive “gives the game away.” Essentially, by proposing 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods, except energy which was set at 10 per cent, Trump is revealing the country’s dependency on cheap Canadian energy and a concern about prices rising too high for Americans.

In a far-reaching move set to take effect on March 4th, President Donald J. Trump imposed a 25% tariff on all foreign imports from Canada.

Mary Ng, Canada's minister of export promotion, international trade and economic development, discusses U.S.-Canada trade relations as the end of President Donald Trump's tariff reprieve approaches.