Trump says he will be putting substantial tariffs against Canada and Mexico when he returns to the White House in less than two weeks. The president-elect has previously said he’ll put 25 per cent duties on America’s closest neighbours unless they can stop the flow of illegal drugs across the border.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the president-elect's talk about Canada becoming the 51st U.S. state is a distraction from threat of tariffs.

United States president-elect Donald Trump may declare a national emergency in order to turn his threat to slap Canada with 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs into a reality.