Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government is readying further retaliation measures if negotiations with the United States to end the recently doubled tariffs on steel and aluminum fail.

Canada’s PM Mark Carney called Donald Trump’s new tariffs “illegal” and “unjustified,” but said he wants to see how ongoing trade negotiations with the U.S. play out.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada won’t respond immediately to the Trump administration’s doubling of steel and aluminum tariffs, and indicated that officials are in “intensive discussions” about the trade relationship between the countries.