March 31 (Reuters) - Futures tied to Canada's main stock

index fell on Monday as investors shunned risky assets amid

concerns that U.S. President Donald Trump's upcoming tariffs

will hurt the global economy.

The futures on the S&P/TSX index were down 0.5% at

6:51 a.m. ET (1051 GMT).

Stocks across the world plunged after Trump said on Sunday

that reciprocal tariffs he is expected to announce on Wednesday

will include all nations, and not just a select group of 10 to

15 countries with the biggest trade imbalances.

While Canada had secured protections against new U.S.

auto tariffs, including a 60-day delay and annual duty-free

quotas, under a 2018 trade agreement with the U.S. and Mexico,

there's

no evidence

Trump will honor those commitments.

The Canadian government said it fully expects the U.S.

to honor the agreements on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, shares of Canadian gold miners could get

support from bullion hitting a

record high

. Price of the safe haven asset was set to post its biggest

quarterly gain in over 38 years due to the uncertainty from the

escalating trade war.

Heavyweight oil producers could track a rise in crude prices

due to Trump's threat to impose secondary tariffs on buyers of

Russian oil and warning of possible military action against Iran

if it did not agree to a deal over its nuclear program.

On the other hand, copper prices dropped to their weakest in

more than two weeks due to the impending tariff announcement,

but the losses were cushioned by strong factory data from top

metals consumer China.

Canada's main stock index on Friday fell by the most in

three weeks, as U.S. inflation figures and an expanding trade

war stoked fears of a global economic slowdown.

In corporate news, consulting services firm CGI

entered into an agreement to acquire Apside, a digital and

engineering services firm in France.

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