Canada will soon respond to new tariffs on imported vehicles announced by U.S. President Donald Trump and could impose retaliatory measures against the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney fired back at President Trump’s newly-announced 25 percent tariff on foreign-made car imports, describing it as a “direct attack” on Canada’s workers and vowed that U.

This is a very direct attack,” Carney said. “We will defend our workers. We will defend our companies. We will defend our country.”