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Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney will meet Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday in order to relaunch a crucial commercial relationship with the United States that the Ottawa chief recently described as “on”.
It will be the first visit abroad of Carney since his liberal party won a general election Monday after a campaign eclipsed by the truancy of the American president on Canada and his price on some of its exports.
Carney In Ottawa on Friday, said that he had made a “very constructive call” with Trump and that the two leaders had agreed to meet next week in the American capital.
“We will focus on both immediate trade pressures and broader economic and security relations between our two sovereign nations,” he said.
Carney also announced that King Charles would deliver a speech to open the new parliament in Ottawa later this month.
“This historical honor corresponds to the weight of our time,” said Carney about the king's visit, who is also the sovereign of Canada. It will be the first time in almost 50 years that the monarch has participated in the opening of the Parliament.
Carney spoke during his first press conference since his liberals beat the conservative party of Pierre Poilievre after a campaign dominated by the debate on the relations of Trump and Canada with his most important trading partner.
The mockery of Trump of Canada and his former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as well as the president's threats to annex the country – which he described as a potential “51st state” – propelled the Liberal Party of a second far from the surveys last year to victory this week.
Relations between the two allies and the business partners were shaken by the announcement of the prices despite the American-mexico-Canadian free trade agreement that the president negotiated during his first mandate.
Carney swore in a speech after his victory on Monday that Trump “would never break” Canada and said that Ottawa would seek to forge new commercial alliances with European and elsewhere countries.
The Prime Minister said on Friday that his meeting at the White House would address “complex” prices in the United States affecting the automotive, steel and aluminum industries in Canada.
“I go with the wait for difficult but Conversations Constructive“He said.
Carney, who was previously governor of the Bank of England, said Trump had made no reference to Canada becoming an American state on their phone.
“It will never happen,” said the Prime Minister.
Carney, who will lead a minority government after his party has brought together by winning the majority of seats in Parliament, described his vision to “advance national construction investments that will transform our economy”.
American prices affect Canada's economy.
Friday, General Motors said that he would reduce production in an Ontario factory which, according to the union, would result in more than 2,000 job losses. In April, the automaker Stellantis announced that it was “temporarily on a break” for two weeks.
“We are fighting hard for our automotive sector, all our sectors, in these negotiations with the Americans,” said Carney.
Goldy Hyder, director general of the Business Council of Canada, said on Tuesday that USMCA remained the best framework “to restore the certainty, stability and predictability of the business relationship.
Carney said that the new cabinet in Canada would serve the week of May 12 and that Parliament would be recalled for the king's speech on May 27.
