The Vancouver Sun reports in its Saturday edition that with a population of just over 8,000, the smelting and mining city of Trail, B.C., may hold some leverage in helping Ottawa counter U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's threats to impose steep tariffs on Canadian imports. The Sun's Derrick Penner writes that Mr. Trump last week doubled-down on his expansionist rhetoric, threatening to use "economic force" to annex Canada, and suggesting his administration would use military force to take over Greenland and the Panama Canal. In a recent interview with BNN Bloomberg, Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada's Natural Resources Minister, mentioned Trail -- where Teck Resources produces the critical mineral germanium, used in making electronics and fibre optics -- as an example of how Canada and the United States could advance mutual interests rather than descend into a trade war. "The U.S. derives enormous economic value from Canada," Mr. Wilkinson said in a later statement. "On critical minerals alone, we provide significant amounts and have the opportunity to provide much more," including germanium. In December, China added germanium, gallium and antimony to its list of minerals banned for export to the United States.