Donald Trump fired the first shot at Canada this week in his pledge to crack down on what he sees as unfair trade practices.

It was quite the opening volley putting a 20% tariff on softwood lumber imports from Canada.

But today there was YUGE return of fire from Premier Christy Clark. She wrote to Prime Minister Trudeau today calling on Canada to ban all US thermal coal exports from BC ports to Asia.

This is a remarkable display of leadership and it puts the ball right back in Trump’s court.

Watch as I show you why this was a big league move as the US currently can't get its coal exported through Democrat controlled Washington, Oregon, or California and show you two other key points featured in the Premier's letter to the Prime Minister.

Meanwhile, the BC NDP appear to have given up on getting a new softwood deal with leader John Horgan saying, "Good luck with that" and candidate Gerry Taft saying he's not holding out hope for a new deal until Trump is impeached!