Senators are stepping in to shore up relations with the United States’ closest ally after President Donald Trump and his administration launched a war of words — and tariffs — against Canada.

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Lawmakers have “a different view” of the situation than the White House does, and they wanted to express to Freeland personally that they disagreed with the decision to impose tariffs, added Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the panel’s ranking member.

“Hopefully she will share with Canadians that the view of the president is not the view of all the American people by far, and not the view, I believe, of a majority in the United States Senate,” he said.

 After the meeting, Freeland emphasized the importance of Canada’s close relationship with the United States. But she also stood firm on Ottawa’s decision to move forward with retaliatory tariffs on roughly $12 billion in U.S. goods, an action she noted would be taken “truly more in sorrow than anger.”

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