U.S. President Donald Trump says his country doesn’t need Canadian products, but he has also repeatedly expressed a desire to turn Canada into a ‘cherished’ state.

Beyond its value as a strategic economic asset, Canada's only deepwater Arctic port may also prove crucial to Canadian sovereignty should U.S. President Donald Trump follow through on his rhetoric to take control of Greenland,

Trump has said the U.S. doesn’t need Canadian products while also wanting to turn Canada into a “cherished” state, but former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suggested the American president was after our natural wealth. Currently, Trump is pressuring Ottawa on dairy supply management, border security, drug trafficking and defence spending.

Several Canadian provinces, including Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia, yanked US wine and spirits from government-run liquor stores after Trump launched a trade war last year — a move that has cost American booze makers millions of dollars in lost sales, Bloomberg News reported.

Canadian leader Mark Carney met China’s Xi Jinping this week. The two statesmen talked. Fractured relationships began to heal.

Prime Minister Mark Carney hailed a “new strategic partnership” in Beijing on Friday that included a break with the United States on tariffs.

Canada faces its own dilemma, they say, as the Carney government considers sending troops to the Danish island.

Donald Trump took another jab at Canada on Thursday while welcoming the Florida Panthers to the White House. The moment blended celebration, jokes, and the long-running hockey competition between the two countries.

The first year of Donald Trump's second term has had a profound effect on Canada, from its politics and economy to the way Canadians shop and travel.