Canada changes tone in bid to stave off Trump tariffs.
"Canada is a safe, secure and reliable partner in an uncertain world," Trudeau said this week.
Canada has been preparing a retaliatory response for weeks, and was ready for a potentially devastating trade war to be launched as soon as President Donald Trump took office.
In his inaugural address, Trump made no mention of Canada.
This time, however, the US president's objectives and timelines are less clear, and Canada has struggled to carve out a response.
"The first Trump presidency represented moments of uncertainty and threats of instability that we were able to work through constructively."
It lays out US trade priorities - many centred on national security - and the Trump picks who will conduct that review. »