Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has complicated ongoing negotiations with the U.S. after newly inaugurated President Donald Trump set a date to impose tariffs against Canada. Smith told reporters at a Tuesday morning news conference the focus should be on diplomacy and ending talks about retaliatory tariffs.

As U.S. President Donald Trump renews his tariff threat on Canadian products, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says diplomacy, not retaliation, is the best way for the country to stifle the risk of punishing new trade sanctions.

The largest exporting province rejecting a ‘Team Canada’ approach against Donald Trump doesn’t position the country well to negotiate with a second Trump administration.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As thousands rallied against incoming U.S. President Donald Trump with a “peace tank” on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith flew in to a chilled, subdued inauguration, bringing a message of “unprecedented opportunity.”

Trudeau and 12 of Canada’s 13 premiers agreed to form a united front and pledge that “everything” is on the table in a potential tariff war with Donald Trump.

Smith’s ideas for Team Canada are different than other premiers, who are calling for more unity in negotiations

A joint statement from Canadian premiers pushing back on Trump tariff threats did not include the signature of Alberta's Danielle Smith. CBC Alberta editor and commentator Jason Markusoff says Smith’s ‘Alberta first’ approach isn’t being embraced by all Albertans.

Outgoing Canadian PM Justin Trudeau took aim at Alberta Premier Danielle Smith for her stance on retaliatory tariffs should US impose them.Trudeau was speaking a day after the first ministers’ meeting in Ottawa,