Trudeau responded today to news that the US plans to impose a 20-per cent tariff on softwood lumber entering the United States from Canada.
Canada's Liberal Party leader says the two countries are economically interconnected, but it's not a one-way relationship. He says millions of US jobs depend on smooth flow of goods, services and people back and forth across the border.
The US and Canada typically enjoy a friendly trading relationship, but things have soured in recent months as the two countries and Mexico prepare to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.