Legault started his day with a message on social media warning that the Trump tariffs pose an “enormous risk” to the Quebec and Canadian economies. At Tuesday’s news conference, he noted that while Quebec exports $87 billion in goods a year to the United States, it imports only $43 billion.

Quebec Premier François Legault said Canada “must do everything” to avoid the U.S. president-elect’s plan to impose 25-per-cent tariffs on all products exported to the United States, as it would represent “a huge risk” to the provincial economy.