A screenshot of a video posted on the personal social media account of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney

Following US' latest round of tariff threats against Canada, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday local time called on citizens to "buy Canadian" in response to "threat from abroad."

Carney said "we're buying Canadian, and we're building Canadian" on X on Saturday local time after US President Donald Trump threatened on Saturday to impose 100 percent tariffs on Canadian goods if the country "makes a deal with China," according to CBC News.

"With our economy under threat from abroad, Canadians have made a choice: to focus on what we can control," said Carney in a pre-recorded video posted on his personal social media account.

While not directly naming the US, Carney reiterated his commitment to advancing a new "Buy Canadian" policy. He emphasized: "We can't control what other nations do. We can be our own best customer. We will buy Canadian. We will build Canada. And together, we will build Canada strong."

The post came after Trump on Saturday threatened to slap a 100 percent tariff on Canadian goods coming into the US.

Trump wrote in a post on his social media platform, claiming, "If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100 percent tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the US."

Meanwhile, in his message Saturday, Trump called Canada's leader "Governor Carney," which he had taken to doing with former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in reference to Trump's suggestion that Canada should become the 51st US state, ABC News reported.

The threat was the US president's latest swipe at Canada after Carney's trade visit to China and his highly publicized speech in Davos, Switzerland, said CBC News.

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Carney condemned coercion by great powers on smaller countries without mentioning Trump's name, AP reported.

Carney made a state visit to China from January 14 to 17. As one of the outcomes of China-Canada economic and trade consultations, Canada will allow up to 49,000 Chinese EVs into the Canadian market, with the most-favored-nation tariff rate of 6.1 percent, which means removal of the additional 100 percent in tariffs it imposed on Chinese EVs following the US move in 2024.

Correspondingly, China will adjust its anti-dumping measures on canola and anti-discrimination measures on certain Canadian agricultural and aquatic products, in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, an official from China's Ministry of Commerce said on January 17.

Trump's latest tariff threat on Canada was also a U-turn from what he said immediately after Carney's China trip. "It's a good thing for him to sign a trade deal. If you can get a deal with China, you should do that," Trump told reporters at the White House on January 16, according to media reports.

Regarding the deal with China, Dominic Leblanc, Canadian minister responsible for Canada-US trade, issued a statement Saturday, saying that "there is no pursuit of a free trade agreement with China," and highlighting Canada's "remarkable partnership" with the US, according to ABC News.

Li Yong, an executive council member of the China Society for WTO Studies, told the Global Times that the US' tariff threats in nature are a pursuit of a unilateral "America First" policy, which has severely disrupted the international trade order and damaged its global image and credibility.

Global Times