India, April 4 -- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said that reciprocal tariffs imposed by the Administration of US President Donald Trump had made the global economy "fundamentally different", even as he announced retaliatory levies on automobiles imported from America.

The reciprocal tariffs announced on Wednesday by Trump excluded Canada but tariffs on automobiles made in Canada went into force on Thursday. Responding to that, Ottawa announced 25 per cent tariffs on fully assembled vehicles imported into Canada from the United States that were not compliant with the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA).

Similarly, 25 per cent tariffs were imposed on non-Canadian and non-Mexican content of CUSMA compliant fully assembl...