Trump on Tuesday revoked predecessor Joe Biden's 2021 executive order that sought to ensure half of all new vehicles sold in the US by 2030 are electric.
Capital needed to achieve results in line with the firm's environmental sustainability goals, which it said also align with the government's lithium strategy.
"We need companies like Teck here in Canada, companies with a strong commitment to Canada," Freeland wrote in a letter to the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.