The Prime Minister of Canada, seems to have fallen in grace to the US President ,. It is not something less, since both lead neighboring countries that maintain an uncomfortable commercial pulse after Trump taxes last summer on an extension category of Canadian products. Carney has visited the White House on Tuesday. It is the second time since he won the elections last April.
He has done it with some pending duties: his country is the only one that has not yet reached a tariff agreement with the United States. And although Carney does not return to Ottawa with a pact under her arm, the old central banker can successfully surpassed Washington after Trump’s favorable reception and her optimism to reach an agreement. “We have advanced a lot in recent months, in terms of that relationship,” said the US president. “I think they will leave very happy,” he added.
During the joint appearance in the Oval Office to analyze the advance of the negotiations, Trump has been complacent and praise with his Canadian counterpart. “He is a good man, but he can be very unpleasant. He is a world -class leader. He is a good man, does a great job and is a tenacious negotiator,” Trump said showing some complicity with Carney.
“If he is a great man and wants to make an agreement with Canada, why doesn’t he?” Has a journalist asked Trump. “Because I also want to be a great man,” said Ufano the US President.
Trump, who has brought the singing voice during the joint intervention, explained that both countries are finalizing the details to reach an agreement that resolves the commercial conflict. The two countries exchange goods and services per year, according to Bloomberg calculations.
“As you know, we have a natural conflict. We also have a mutual love. We love each other very much. The problem we have is that they want a car company and the United States wants a car company, and they want steel, and we want steel. That’s why we compete,” the US millionaire explained graphically.
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The encounter between both leaders has occurred in a climate of apparent cordiality, although Trump has returned to air the idea that Canada becomes that of the United States, an idea that already slid during the previous meeting. “There are places that are simply not for sale … [Canadá] He is not for sale, and he will never be, ”said Carney on the previous event held in Washington.
American tariffs are affecting the Canadian industry since on August 1 Trump decided to raise the levies to 35% about steel, aluminum, cars and wood imported from Canada under the argument that this country facilitates the arrival of illegal immigrants and fentanyl to the United States.
The commercial war has caused some companies to have frozen investments and thousands of jobs have been destroyed. General Motors has announced that he plans to fire 2,000 workers from a truck factory in Oshawa, in the province of Ontario. Very close to there, in Brampton, the Stellantis automobile group has suspended investments to electrify the factory where a new Jeep model is manufactured, leaving the inactive plant. The situation has affected the Canadian economy, which contracted during the second quarter.
Competence
Trump explained that resolving the commercial conflict with other countries that are further is easier. “You can compete, but we don’t like to compete, because when we compete we hurt each other. That’s why we have a natural conflict,” he said. “We have advanced a lot in recent months, in regards to that commercial relationship.”
The Canadian prime minister has also been complacent with his host, which he has described as a “transformative” man. Carney has highlighted the dimension of economic and commercial ties between the two countries. “There are areas where we compete and it is in those areas where we have to reach an agreement that works,” he said. “But there are more areas in which we are stronger together, and that is what we focus on. We are going to get the right agreement,” he added.
Trump has also opened the door to negotiate bilateral trade agreements with Canada and Mexico instead of the TMEC tripart pact. “We could renegotiate it and that would be good, or we could reach different agreements,” said the US president. “We can reach different agreements if we want. I want to achieve the best agreement for this country and also keeping Canada very present,” he added.
