Trump adviser Navarro warns Canada about consequences of interference in US elections

Adviser to the US President on Trade Peter Navarro warned Canadian authorities against attempts to interfere in the upcoming midterm elections in the United States amid the ongoing trade war between the two countries, Politico newspaper reports.

"You (Canada - ed.) have lobbied for our interests in our country and achieved success in the past, and you think you can continue in the same spirit. Reminder to Canada: you cannot do this," the publication quoted Navarro as saying during an event in Washington earlier on Tuesday.

Navarro also warned Ottawa of possible consequences if the Canadian side tries to influence the results of the November vote. In particular, he singled out the states of Maine and Michigan, where the most intense election battles for seats in the Senate and governor are unfolding and whose economies have been hit hardest by mutual trade restrictions, the publication reported.

The Trump adviser's remarks came on the day a US ban on imports of nearly a billion dollars worth of Canadian goods took effect.

Trade relations between the United States and Canada are going through a period of bitter confrontation. After Washington imposed large-scale tariffs on Canadian imports, Ottawa responded by imposing mirror taxes on tens of billions of dollars of American goods, affecting steel, dairy products and agricultural machinery.