At their first personal meeting since Mark Carney became Canadian Prime Minister, US President Donald Trump hosted him in the White House on Tuesday 6 May. While the meeting was marked by diplomatic polite courtesy and mutual praise, trade, sovereignty and future relationships have emerged disagreements Stark.
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1. Trump refuses to relieve the rates: “no”
US President Donald Trump refused to raise tariffs on Canadian imports on Tuesday with Canadian Prime Minister Carney on Tuesday with Canadian Prime Minister Carney.
Asked if Carney could say something to persuade him to end the tariffs on Canadian goods, Trump gave a one -word answer: “No.”
2. “We don’t want cars from Canada”
Although Trump described the meeting as a “very friendly conversation”, his comments explained that business friction remains an adhesive point.
“We really don’t want cars from Canada,” Trump said. “We don’t want steel from Canada because we make our own steel.”
The notes strengthen Trump’s long -term protectionist attitude and signal the hard path before any flexibility of trade with the American northern neighbor.
3. USMCA “good shop” but Canada wants more
Trump appreciated the Commercial Agreement of the USMCA-DOSTU USA-MEXIKO-KANADA, which replaced the diesel-like “good shop for all”.
However, Carney suggested that the agreement could only be the starting point for further conversations.
“It’s the basis for wider negotiations,” Carney said. “Some things will have to change about it.”
“It is a great honor to have a Canadian leader in the White House,” Trump said, appreciating Carney’s recent election victory. “He won a very big election.”
4. Trump will win credit for winning Carney
During short remarks, Trump was attributed by playing a role in Carney’s political success.
“I think I was probably the biggest thing that happened to him,” Trump said. “His party lost a lot and he ended with victory. So I really want to congratulate him, probably one of the biggest comebacks in the history of politics, maybe even bigger than mine.”
5. Carney replies: “Transformation President”
In response that Carney described Trump as a “transformation president” and said he shared a similar vision for the Canadian direction.
“I was chosen to transform Canada with a similar focus – on the economy and providing borders,” Carney said. “History of Canada and the US is (that) we are stronger when we work together.”
6. “Friendship” as Trump’s only concession
Asked by the reporter, what concession he would offer in interviews with Canada, Trump answered: “Friendship”.
Trump questioned that friendship was not completely concession, clarified: “I would only be friends with Canada, regardless of anything. We will be friends with Canada. Canada is a very special place for me.”
7. Trump hovering 51. The idea of the state – again Carney pushes back
Trump revived a provocative idea and suggested that Canada could become 51. The US state, call it a “beautiful marriage” and reduces the legitimacy of the US-Canada border as a “artificial line”.
Carney firmly rejected any idea of annexation and said, “It’s not for sale, he’ll never be for sale,” and reaffirmed Canadian sovereignty as an unegeothabitable.
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8. Alignment in Ukraine, some common land
Trump said that he and Carney had “a lot of things in common,” but they acknowledged that “there are” heavy points to go “. One of them, as confirmed, is the ongoing war in Ukraine.
“Carney wants it to end as quickly as I do,” Trump said, signaling the potential alignment of foreign policy objectives.
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