Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly will press Canada's case against damaging tariffs with Donald Trump's new secretary of state next week in Washington.

Canadian leaders expressed relief that broad tariffs were not applied to Canadian products on the first day of Donald Trump’s presidency.

LeBlanc and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly stepped out of a cabinet meeting in Montebello, Que. to deliver a statement to reassure Canadians after the newly installed U.S. president signed a stack of unrelated executive orders Monday evening.

U.S. President Donald Trump will not impose his promised tariffs on Canada, Mexico or China on his first day in office, but he suggested that he could still hit Canada with tariffs as early as February.

Canada’s outgoing prime minister and the leader of the country’s oil rich province of Alberta are confident Canada can avoid the 25% tariffs President Donald Trump says he will impose on Canada and Mexico on Feb.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is asked why so many cabinet ministers are supporting Mark Carney’s bid to become the next Liberal leader instead of former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland.

Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly is in D.C. for a bilateral visit, during which she met with Republicans and Democrats in an effort to prevent U.S. tariffs.

As the President wields the threat of import duties, Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said the country is working to avoid tariffs, but is also 'working on retaliation.'

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is ready to respond to tariffs from its top trade partner the United States on Monday if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his threat to impose them, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Friday.

Canadian officials are preparing retaliatory measures if the new U.S. administration imposes tariffs on Canadian imports.

Mr Trump had threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on Canada, Mexico and other trading partners. Still, Mr Trump pledged in his inaugural address that tariffs would be coming and said foreign countries would be paying the trade penalties, even though those taxes are currently paid by domestic importers and often passed along to consumers.