'Easier ways to send messages' to Trump than bringing in the King: U.S. ambassador

The caller U.S. ambassador to Canada says helium knows the accusation of King Charles III's upcoming travel to Ottawa is to propulsion backmost connected U.S. President Donald Trump's 51st authorities threats — and helium says determination are "easier ways to nonstop messages" to the American government.

"We're thrilled that the king volition beryllium here," said U.S. ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra, successful an interrogation with CBC's The House that volition aerial Saturday. "If there's a connection successful there, there's easier ways to nonstop messages. Just springiness maine a call. [Mark] Carney tin telephone the president astatine immoderate time."

Hoekstra added that the annexation saga is "over."

"Move on. If the Canadians privation to support talking astir it — that's their business. I'm not talking astir it; Donald Trump is not talking astir it. We've got excessively overmuch connected our sheet to determination guardant due to the fact that we're each astir expanding America's prosperity, information and security."

On Tuesday, King Charles volition present the code from the throne successful the Senate. Every caller league of Parliament is opened by a throne speech, which lays retired the government's expected goals and however it plans to execute them.

The King's sojourn volition people the 3rd clip a British and Canadian monarch has work the code from the throne successful Canada, with Queen Elizabeth ll having delivered the code successful 1957 and 1977.

Hoekstra said the U.S. authorities volition beryllium listening intimately to "the contented of the code due to the fact that it is the level of the ruling party." King Charles volition present the code astatine astir 11 a.m. ET and it's expected to instrumentality betwixt 20 and 25 minutes.

The U.S. ambassador besides said "if there's going to beryllium immoderate treatment astir the 51st state, it's going to beryllium happening astatine the Donald Trump-Carney level, not astatine ambassadorial level, which tells maine it's done."

Canada-U.S. tariff talks

Hoekstra said his knowing is that commercialized and tariff negotiations are underway betwixt Canada and the United States, but helium doesn't cognize however aggravated they are astatine this point.

Prime Minister Mark Carney visited Trump successful the Oval Office earlier this period and discussed the economical and information narration with the U.S. president, but the Canadians person insisted immoderate woody indispensable see the U.S. lifting its tariffs.

Hoekstra said aft the Carney-Trump summit, the U.S. president called connected the Canadians to nonstop a connection astir the tariffs.

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"We're waiting, I think, and believing that the shot is successful Canada's tribunal to outline what they would similar to do, possibly immoderate proposals and those types of things," the U.S. ambassador added.

Other countries astir the satellite affected by U.S. tariffs person sent their ain ideas to the Trump administration, which is pushing to get deals done and has nary clip for a drawn-out dialog process, helium said.

On Wednesday, Carney said successful French the U.S. is an economical menace to Canada — which Hoekstra pushed backmost connected during his interview.

"My sentiment of that would beryllium a small spot different," Hoekstra said. "The United States of America is simply a immense economical accidental for Canada. It already is. You're our second-largest trading partner."

Overall, Hoekstra said the United States is nary longer going to enactment different countries astatine the disbursal of the American people.

"We are going to beryllium negotiating successful the champion involvement of America and the American people.

"We expect different countries to bash the aforesaid happening successful negotiations, and that really volition springiness america the champion benignant of agreements."