“Under the new Prime Minister, Canada remains committed to the fight against climate change,” says Wilkinson, referring to the newly elected prime minister Mark Carney. But “some elements of the climate plan probably have become a little tougher in the context of working with the Trump Administration.”

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, answering U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods with levies of their own, said they will “not back down from a fight.”The trade war promised by President Donald Trump stepped up a gear overnight,

China is benefiting as the U.S. hits Canada and Mexico with tariffs, sparking retaliatory measures, according to one Brookings expert.