Canada’s leader said he would follow the United States in dropping tariffs against American goods covered by the existing free trade agreement.

By David Ljunggren and Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada will remove many retaliatory import tariffs on U.S. goods and intensify talks with the United States on striking a new trade and security relationship,

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is dropping some retaliatory tariffs on American products to match U.S. tariff exemptions for goods covered under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement.