The more modest objective of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s second trip to Washington this year is to restart trade negotiations. The two leaders set an August deadline for negotiations, but they have continued to drag on throughout the summer. However, not much information about the talks or the problems impeding a settlement has been made public.
Although Ottawa is not in a rush to grant carve-outs under the US-Canada-Mexico Free Trade Agreement, it is the only G7 nation that has not yet reached a trade agreement with Trump this year.
Canada According to media sources, there might be some respite from the harsh US steel tariffs in the near future, despite US Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc’s statement last week that “progress” is being made toward an accord. However, insiders have expressed annoyance at the White House’s ambiguity on the nature of a potential trade and security agreement with Canada.
When you consider all of Trump’s endeavors, does this rank close to the top? Colin Robertson, a former Canadian diplomat and member of the Expert Group on Canada-US Relations at Carleton University, remarked, “Probably not.
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