Canada-US Trade Minister Dominic Labbe said on Sunday that “we are ready to stick and work around, despite leaving Washington without a new business deal amidst an increase in tariff from President Trump”.
“We believe that in terms of building two strong economies, there is a large part of the common land working well between the United States and Canada, which work well together,” LeBbank said “Facing the nation with Margaret Brainon,
the White House Announced Last week’s Canadian-United States will have to jump into duties from 25% to 35% on Canadian goods not covered under the US-Maxico Agreement, claiming that the second largest trading partner of the US has not enough to address the immigration and the flow of Fentanole in the US Labwank said “We were clearly disappointed”. For “negotiaters will continue. ,
Labbank stated that his team left with “a better understanding of American concerns in the trading relationship and depicted meetings with American trading representative Jamisson Greer and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik as” creative, cordial conversations “.
“We are encouraged by the conversation with Secretary Lootnik and Ambassador Greer, but we are not yet where we need to go to deal in the best interest of two economies,” Lablanc said.
Mr. Trump announced a higher tariff against more than 60 American trading partners at the end of last week. But Canada is the largest American trading partner, which includes the world’s largest buyer and the third largest seller of goods for the US last year. census Bureau data. The country bought some $ 350 billion US goods and sold $ 412 billion to the US market in 2024.
In Interview for “Face the Nation” on FridayGreer cited Canada’s retaliation tariff, which were imposed under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier this year, said, “If the President is going to take an action and retaliate Canadian, the United States needs to maintain our action, effectiveness of effectiveness, so we also have to go up.”
“Our view is that the President is trying to fix the terms of business with Canada, and if there is any way of any deal, we will find it,” Greer said. “And if it is not, then we will have the tariff level that we have.”
In a statement released on Friday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he was “disappointed” with Mr. Trump’s actions. He said that “only 1% of American Phenanels are imported in Canada and are working deeply to reduce these versions further.”
On Sunday, Labwank said that he hoped that Carney “in the next days”, “,”, “Given the Canadian Prime Minister” a very business-like, respectable relationship with President Trump. ,
“We fully understand and respect the President’s attitude in the context of national security interests. In fact, we share it,” Lablink said. “And what we have said to our American counterparts is how we can structure the correct agreement, where both of us can continue to supply each other in a reliable, cost -effective manner that protects the jobs required for the American economy? But the same thing is true, clearly in Canada.”
The US-Canada relationship has become tense since Mr. Trump came to office in January and repeatedly suggested that Canada could become a “51st state”. Carney denied this loudly At an oval office meeting with Mr. Trump in May, Canada is not “for sale.”
