After Trump announced a 25% tariff on Canadian commodities, Canada is likely to escalate retaliatory tariffs to encourage Americans to oppose Trump's trade actions. Canadian Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson stated during an interview on Friday, "You will find that when we respond, at least in the initial phase, we will target a large amount of the U.S. exports to Canada, and Canada itself has enough alternative commodities to serve as targets for the tariffs." This comment implies that Canada's initial measures in the trade war aim to protect domestic Consumers while weakening the revenue of U.S. exporters, hoping to push Americans to apply political pressure on Trump.