Trump and Canada’s PM Carney ease tensions with ‘productive’ call
The US president says the two leaders have agreed to meet soon after Canada’s general election in April
US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday had a conversation that both men described as productive, although the latter said Ottawa would be imposing retaliatory tariffs next week as promised.
Trump said the two had agreed to meet soon after Canada’s April 28 general election in which Carney – who took office two weeks ago – has made standing up to the US president the focus of his campaign.
“I just finished speaking with Prime Minister Mark Carney, of Canada. It was an extremely productive call, we agree on many things,” Trump said on social media.
Trump said they would be “meeting immediately after Canada’s upcoming Election to work on elements of Politics, Business, and all other factors, that will end up being great for both the United States of America and Canada.”
Typically, a new Canadian leader makes a phone call with the US president an immediate priority but this was Trump and Carney’s first contact since the Canadian was sworn in on March 14.
Carney’s office said the pair had a “very constructive conversation” and agreed to begin “comprehensive negotiations about a new economic and security relationship immediately following the election”.