FILE PHOTO - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses participants in a roundtable discussion with civil society leaders, next to Canada's Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, in Mexico City, Mexico, October 12, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso/File Photo
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is sticking to its keep-calm strategy as U.S. President Donald Trump ramps up trade war rhetoric, convinced that no move is the best move for the country with the most to lose, but critics say it risks being a soft target if its strategy fails.
While the European Union immediately drew up a list of U.S. products from bourbon to blue jeans to hit if Trump follows through on a plan to impose global duties on aluminium and steel, Canada has gone with equivocation.
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