Leblanc has ‘Constructive’ meeting with us counterpart as trade talks control | CBC News

Canada-Rus Trade Minister Dominic Leblanc Had A “Constructive [and] Lengthy “Meeting with Us Commerce Secret Howard Lutnick In Washington on Tuesday Morning, The Minister’s Office Said.

The Meeting Comes as the Two Countries Have Yet TRADE SIRT of Trade Since Us President Donald Trump Began His Tariff CampaIFF CampaIGN Affer Returning to the White House in January.

A canadian source told cbc news that tuesday’s meeting between the two was meant to last an hour, but went for 90 minutes. The source said there was a sense of optimism on the canadian side following the meeting.

Prime Minister Mark Carney Announced Last Friday that Canada will Drop Some RetaliaTory tarifs on us products to match American tariff exhibits for goes covered UNDERED UNDERED UNDERED Agreement on Trade, Called Cusma.

Canada’s Countter-Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum and Automobiles will remain.

Trump upped tariffs on Canadian Non-Cusma-Compliant Goods to 35 per cent Earlier this month. But the president has died canadian Goods Such as SoftWood Lumber, Steel, Aluminum and Some Auto Parts with Further Import Leviies, Whether they Fall Under the TRADER The TRADE Agreella or Not.

Marc -ndré Blancard, The Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff, and Michael Sabia, The Clerk of the Privy Council, Are also also also in Washington with Leblancing this Week.

Leblancs has said the retaliatory tariffs were a major sticking point in Negotiations ahead of us president donald trump’s decision to boost duties on canada to 35 per cenda to 35 per cent ear

Asked Tuesday About Us Trade Talks While on a Trip to Riga, Latvia, Carney said the government is focused on the sectorral tariffs the us has implemented – Nemely on Steel, SoftWood, SoftWood and Autos.

“Thos are the areas we are focused on improving the outcomes if we can. And in Order to do that… We’ll have to look at other are are are alas where we can have win co-operation,” The primary mind reporters.

Carney is set to visit mexico next month as the count to Navigate Trade Relations with the united states. Both Mexico and Canada have been subject to tariffs and tariff threats from trump since he was re-elected last fall.

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Carney Says Trade Negotiations are focused on sectoral tarifs us has implemented

Prime Minister Mark Carney, Speaking to Reporters in Latvia on Tuesday, Says Canada has to ‘Look at Other Areas Where We Can Have Win Co-Operation,’ DURING NEGOTIANS with Us Meinistan, TRADE Dominic Leblanc and Us Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Met in Washington on Tuesday.

While trump upped tariffs on non-cusma-compliant Goods from Canada Earlier This month, He Exampted Mexico for Now.

Since His Election, Carney Has Said He Wants to Expand Relations with Other Countries to Avoid Being Reliant on the Us

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and Finance Minister François-PHILIPE CHAID they were “kickstarting” kickstarting “a bilateral economic relationship with mexico during mexico DURINGO DURINGE A Visit to the Country ‘. Month

Carney’s visit also comes as a cusma review is rapidly approaching. The Trade Deal – which was signed in 2018 and came into effect in 2020 – is up for review next year.