Carney calls White House discussions with Trump 'constructive,' but no resolution on tariffs

Carney asked astir Alberta referendum talk

Carney was asked astir expanding speech of Alberta succession. Premier Danielle Smith has said she would clasp a referendum connected provincial separation successful 2026 if citizens stitchery the required signatures connected a petition.

Asked astir that, Carney would lone say, “Canada is stronger erstwhile we enactment together.”

“As an Albertan, I firmly judge you tin ever ask, but I cognize however I would respond,” helium said.

Carney says helium asked Trump to halt 51st authorities taunts

One newsman pressed the premier curate connected whether helium asked Trump to halt calling Canada the 51st state. Carney said helium did contiguous during their meeting, but was resistant astatine archetypal successful defining however helium asked oregon what Trump’s reply was.

He elaborated much successful his French response, saying helium told Trump that it’s “not useful” to repetition the 51st authorities idea. But Carney added that Trump is the president and that he’ll accidental what helium wants to say.

How does Carney consciousness astir Canada-U.S. relations now?

“I consciousness amended astir the relations successful galore respects,” said Carney, including successful presumption of the “posture” that Trump took toward Canada, arsenic good arsenic the breadth of their discussion.

“These are the discussions you person erstwhile you’re looking to find solutions,” helium said.

On tariffs lifting, Carney says, ‘We’ll see’

Trump made it wide that for him, the tariffs, particularly those connected the car sector, volition enactment successful place.

Carney would lone say, “We’ll see.”

He repeated what helium said past week that helium didn’t expect to spot “white smoke” aft this archetypal meeting, erstwhile it comes to the commercialized war.

He called the meetings productive.

‘I’m gladsome that you couldn’t archer what was going done my mind’

Asked what helium was reasoning erstwhile Trump referred to an “artificial border” betwixt Canada and the U.S., Carney quipped, “I’m gladsome that you couldn’t archer what was going done my mind.”

When it comes to Canada’s sovereignty, the premier curate said he’s cautious to separate betwixt Trump’s privation and the world that “Canada is not for merchantability and ne'er volition be.”

He besides touched connected Trump’s accusation that Trump disliked erstwhile premier curate Justin Trudeau and erstwhile lawman premier curate Chrystia Freeland (who is inactive successful the Carney furniture arsenic proscription minister), saying that helium looks forward, not back.

“I deliberation we established a bully ground today,” successful presumption of moving guardant connected the economical and information relationship, said Carney.

Carney says today’s gathering is ‘end of the beginning’

Before taking reporters’ questions, Carney opened his quality league with a fewer remarks and thanked Trump for hosting him successful Washington.

Carney said helium stressed to Trump the 2 countries enactment champion together.

“Really, contiguous marked the extremity of the opening of a process of the United States and Canada redefining that relationship. The question is however we volition co-operate successful the future,” helium said.

The premier curate said that helium and the president had a wide-ranging and constructive conversation, and agreed to person “further conversations” successful the coming weeks.

Carney besides confirmed that helium and Trump volition conscionable again successful idiosyncratic astatine the G7 acme successful Kananaskis, Alta.

Carney is speaking astatine the embassy

Carney is addressing the media astatine the Canadian Embassy, conscionable down the roadworthy from the White House, successful Washington, D.C.

He is expected to stock immoderate accusation astir discussions helium and different Canadian officials had with Trump successful backstage aft the 2 leaders' Oval Office appearance.

Carney ‘has his enactment chopped retired for him,’ Alberta premier says

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said astatine a property league this day that she hopes Carney volition usage his closed-door gathering with Trump to hold connected renegotiating CUSMA, which is acceptable for a reappraisal connected July 1, 2026.

“I’m truly hopeful that down closed doors, they’ll beryllium capable to person a gathering of the minds and travel retired with an statement to restart the Canada-U.S. escaped commercialized statement negotiations,” Smith said.

Smith promised Albertans yesterday that she would clasp a referendum connected provincial separation if a petition asking for it obtained capable signatures. Today, a newsman asked her if she thinks that connection weakened Canada’s presumption heading into the gathering with Trump.

“I deliberation that Prime Minister Carney has his enactment chopped retired for him, arsenic we saw successful the opening property league with the president,” Smith responded.

The car manufacture has superior concerns astir the anticipation of tariffs connected finished cars, says Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association.

Right now, Trump’s car tariffs lone use to non-CUSMA-compliant conveyance parts.

Volpe said Canadian workers and suppliers successful car works towns are disquieted that the longer the tariff quality goes on, the little apt those finished cars are to beryllium sold.

“If helium really achieves shutting down accumulation successful Canada and Mexico, it doesn’t mean he’s going to get caller accumulation successful the U.S.,” Volpe added, saying what it astir apt means is that Trump is “going to bankrupt” GM, Ford and the U.S. subdivision of Dutch automaker Stellantis.

“We cognize he’s not going crossed those lines. We shouldn’t goad him, but we should beryllium arsenic disciplined and arsenic diligent arsenic we were [in negotiating] connected the car parts broadside of it.”

Volpe said helium hopes Carney volition denote further meetings with Trump: “I privation to cognize that we’ve acceptable a day for the adjacent game.”