TORONTO (AP) — Some Canadian officials on Tuesday blasted President-elect Donald’s Trump’s threat to impose sweeping tariffs, as the leader of the country’s most populous province called Trump’s comparison of Canada to Mexico “the most insulting thing I’ve ever heard.”

Mexico said it would slap tit-for-tat tariffs on the US, while China said Trump's finger-pointing "runs completely counter to facts".

From auto leaders to farmers, Canadian industry players say patience is a virtue when it comes to Trump's tariff threats — and that the mutually beneficial nature of the Canada-U.S. trade relationship,