Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday Canadians are focused on building up their economy after U.S. President Donald Trump again hit nations around the world with increased tariffs — days after slapping Canada with a higher duty.

Carney said there is a lot to do in Canada and his government is focused on “what we can control.”

“Yes we are having discussions with the Americans but Canadians want us to focus here at home,” the prime minister told reporters in Ottawa.

Trump escalated his trade war last week by hitting Canada with a baseline 35 per cent tariff that applies only to goods not covered by the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement on trade, better known as CUSMA.

Just after midnight on Thursday, U.S. tariffs on goods from more than 60 other nations and the European Union

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