Economists say that while it’s too soon to tell what the details could look like, the threatened tariffs would undoubtedly re-arrange long-standing trade flow patterns and discourage U.S. buyers from buying Albertan products.

A government official says Canada is already examining possible retaliatory tariffs on certain items from the United States should President-elect Donald Trump follow through on his threat to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products.

Canada’s oil industry stressed the economic and security benefits of its exports to the US, while also using President Elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on the country’s goods as a chance to criticize Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.