By David Ljunggren and Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada will remove many retaliatory import tariffs on U.S. goods and intensify talks with the United States on striking a new trade and security relationship,

Canada’s leader said he would follow the United States in dropping tariffs against American goods covered by the existing free trade agreement.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says most Canadian goods will be exempted from US tariffs while some sectoral duties remain.