Alberta is pursuing a diplomacy-first response to escalating trade tensions with the United States, resisting some retaliatory measures adopted elsewhere in Canada. Premier Danielle Smith has promoted engagement with Washington, and Nathan Cooper, Alberta’s top representative in the US, said the approach has helped limit the province’s exposure to US tariffs. Alberta is the only remaining province without either a ban or retaliatory levy on US alcohol imports, a position Cooper said has earned appreciation from American officials. The province also benefits because energy is exempt from President Donald Trump’s latest 50% tariffs on Canadian goods, while Canada remains the largest source of US crude imports. Smith has rejected proposals to tax or restrict Alberta oil exports as leverage. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has similarly supported keeping oil and potash outside the dispute, although Saskatchewan imposed a 50% levy on American alcohol on Tuesday. Canada’s wider response is intensifying as Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government struggles to reach a trade deal with Trump. New Canadian counter-tariffs take effect Tuesday, including 25% on US cheese and 50% on honey and aluminum foil, following Trump’s levies last month on about $20 billion of Canadian goods. The dispute has also extended into geography, after Trump ordered the US government to rename Lake Ontario "Lake America"; Apple Maps and Google Maps adopted the name for US users, while Canada continues to use Lake Ontario.