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.

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.