Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday said U.S. President Donald Trump's talk about absorbing Canada "is a real thing" and is linked to the country's rich natural resources, a government source said.

President Donald Trump’s talk about absorbing Canada “is a real thing” and is linked to the country’s rich natural resources, the prime minister said.

LONDON — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is angling to revive long-shelved trade talks with the United Kingdom, as Ottawa tries to build up alliances in the shadow of Donald Trump's trade war.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau in a call on Wednesday that he welcomed an international conversation on the importance of trade and collaboration, Starmer's office said.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kicked off his government’s Canada-U.S. Economic Summit in Toronto on Friday by saying Canada needs both a tactical response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats in the short term,

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants the country to “walk away” from decades of deep economic reliance on the United States, and open doors to other global markets. On Tuesday, Trudeau secured a temporary reprieve from US tariffs on Canadian goods after a talk with US President Donald Trump.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will host a Canada-U.S. economic summit in Toronto on Friday, days after President Donald Trump said he would hold off on deploying his threatened tariffs against Canada for a month.