Canada intends to avoid retaliatory measures against US duties that could harm itself.

Canada intends to avoid retaliatory measures against the duties of US President Donald Trump, which could jeopardize Canadian jobs and rising prices. This was reported on April 1 by The Globe and Mail newspaper, citing trade advisers to the government.

"Canada will not impose retaliatory duties on most food and other basic necessities from the United States, which may lead to an increase in the cost of living for Canadians, or on components that are necessary to prevent job losses in key sectors of the economy," the publication says.

According to the newspaper's interlocutors, Ottawa needs an operational group to combat the "unreliable and hostile United States."

According to one of the advisers, Canada has imposed tariffs only on those goods that can be replaced by Canadian ones.

The expert called for finding out what "pain points the United States has" that are not a vulnerable place for Canada. According to him, for example, 250% tariffs for Tesla.

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Earlier that day, it became known that Trump decided to postpone the announcement of new duties to April 2.

Prior to that, Carney said that Canada would take retaliatory measures against the United States if new duties were imposed on Canadian products from April 2.