US EditionCarney and Trump speak for the first time since blowing past trade deal deadline
Trump and Carney addressed tariffs impacting Canadian industries and agreed to continue talks on economic cooperation and support for peace efforts in Ukraine and Europe.
- On Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney had a "productive and wide-ranging" phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump, discussing trade challenges and a new economic and security relationship supporting Ukraine and Europe, and they agreed to reconvene shortly.
- Tariff moves and retaliatory measures followed failed talks by the Aug. 1 deadline, with President Donald Trump raising tariffs on Canadian goods earlier this month and Canada responding with retaliatory duties.
- U.S. government data shows a minuscule amount of fentanyl is seized at the northern border, and the tariffs include a broad exemption for products meeting United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement rules.
- Tariffs are weighing on Ontario's economy as the manufacturing sector sheds jobs and Canada faces impacts on steel, aluminum, copper and automobile industries.
- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand met U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday, while a joint letter by 20 other foreign ministers condemned Israel's approval of an occupied West Bank settlement project and warned it would `make a two-state solution impossible`.
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Carney and Trump speak for the first time since blowing past trade deal deadline
Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke to his U.S. counterpart by phone Thursday — the first time the leaders have spoken since the two sides failed to reach a deal on a trade agreement earlier this month.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney had a "productive" telephone interview with US President Donald Trump on Thursday.
·Montreal, Canada
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Leaning Left11Leaning Right1Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution69% Left
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- 69% of the sources lean Left
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