Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has suggested that President-elect Donald Trump’s remarks about Canada becoming America’s “51st state” is distracting the public from the harm that steep tariffs would have on U.

Canada’s ambassador to Washington said Monday that Canada is prepared to buy more from the United States, in response to President-elect Donald Trump’s concerns about the US-Canada trade deficit.

Although aluminium prices for U.S. consumers have risen since Donald Trump's election win, the rise has been muted, signalling the industry is not expecting the President-elect to carry out his threat to impose hefty tariffs on Canadian imports.