Trump says he wants to 'get to the bottom' of new Canada-U.S. trade deal during G7 meeting

Is a Canada-U.S. woody achievable?

Asked what is holding up a woody with Canada, Trump said it’s not a substance of it being held up, but alternatively “different concepts.”

“I person a tariff conception and Mark has a antithetic concept,” helium said. “We volition spot if we tin get to the bottommost of it today.”

Trump called himself a “tariff man,” saying they are simple, casual and precise.

“I deliberation Mark has a much analyzable idea, but besides precise good. We are going to look astatine some and we’ll spot what we volition travel retired with.”

The 2 sides are moving connected a trade-security statement successful the aftermath of Trump’s tariffs, including connected Canadian goods.

Trump was past asked by the CBC’s Katie Simpson whether Canada and the U.S. are wrong days oregon weeks of a deal. He suggested helium believes it’s achievable successful that clip frame, if some sides agree.

Trump dives into talking astir Russia

In comments to the media, Trump instantly dove into saying it was a mistake to footwear Russia from the G8 table, making it the existent G7.

He says determination wouldn't beryllium warfare successful Ukraine if Russia hadn't been ejected. Russia was removed from the G8 successful 2014 implicit its annexation of Crimea earlier that year.

Trump wrongly said that determination was made by Trudeau; it was during Harper’s clip successful office.

Carney did not engage.

Carney has welcomed Trump to Canada and wished him a blessed birthday. (The president turned 79 connected Saturday.)

The PM besides noted that the G7 is turning 50, and thanked the U.S. engagement each these years.

Trump says they’ll beryllium talking astir commercialized next. “I look guardant to that.”

Sources archer CBC News the premier curate is expected to denote much enactment for Ukraine astatine the G7.

As portion of Mark Carney's committedness to summation defence spending this year, the authorities has earmarked $2 cardinal for subject assistance to Ukraine and to grow defence partnerships.

A root said the authorities is expected to uncover time however overmuch wealth from that bucket volition spell toward Ukraine, and what it volition beryllium utilized for.

Carney besides invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the acme time and is expected to conscionable with him one-on-one.

The G7 leaders volition past beryllium down with outreach countries astir the array to speech astir Ukraine's ongoing combat against Russia, 3 years into the war.

Carney holding respective one-on-ones today

Good morning. I’m the integer elder shaper successful the parliamentary bureau, helping co-ordinate CBC’s sum present astatine the G7 media tract successful Banff.

Trump isn’t the lone satellite person that Carney is gathering one-on-one today.

The premier minister’s just-released itinerary shows helium has bilateral meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

He volition besides conscionable contiguous with the president of the European Council, António Costa, and the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.

That’s connected apical of the 3 G7 moving sessions scheduled: A greeting league connected the planetary economical outlook; a moving luncheon connected economical growth, information and resilience; and an day league connected making communities safe.

There is besides a moving meal aboriginal connected “making the satellite secure."

Carney and Trump are gathering one-on-one now.

Then reporters volition get successful for what’s known arsenic the spray, wherever hopefully our colleagues tin get successful a question (or five).

Then the 2 sides volition person an extended bilateral gathering with a wider scope of officials.

Awaiting the PM and POTUS

Journalists from some Canada and the U.S. are holding extracurricular the gathering wherever Carney and Trump volition meet.

Once the doors open, it is expected to beryllium a speedy determination into the room. The 2 leaders volition connection little remarks earlier journalists are ushered retired of the country for the backstage information of the meeting.

Reporters, of course, volition effort to get successful a fewer questions.

Hi, I’m Katie Simpson, a overseas analogous for CBC News usually based successful Washington, but I’ve travelled to Alberta for the G7 summit.

Canadian journalists person started gathering astatine the tract successful Kananaskis, up of the bilateral gathering betwixt Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump astatine 9 a.m. MT this morning.

The media centre is precise chilly — a structure setup — with temperatures truthful acold astatine times you tin spot your breath.

The Canadian reporters who are going to the nationalist portion of the gathering betwixt Carney and Trump were selected by lottery. This newsman won the last spot successful the room.

I'm Ashley Burke, a elder newsman with the parliamentary bureau, successful Kananaskis contiguous astatine the G7 acme site.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is attempting to Trump-proof the G7.

He's not adjacent going to effort to get leaders to motion a associated communiqué, typically issued astatine the extremity of these summits. Instead, a elder Canadian authoritative says they're opting for short, action-oriented statements.

The determination is an effort to forestall a catastrophe similar the past clip Canada hosted successful 2018. That G7 successful Charlevoix, Que. — erstwhile Justin Trudeau was premier curate and U.S. President Donald Trump was successful his archetypal word — ended successful disarray.

Trump rescinded his enactment of the communiqué and lashed retired astatine Trudeau, who, successful a post-summit quality conference, vowed to retaliate against U.S. tariffs astatine the time. (The outburst caught Canadian officials off-guard, arsenic the premier curate had made akin remarks before.)

Former Trudeau advisor Jason Easton worked connected the U.S.-Canada record successful aboriginal years. He said past has shown erstwhile Trump is astatine a G7, it's hard to scope a statement connected a statement.

"We've seen however that tin disrupt the G7, peculiarly astatine the end," Easton said. "What Prime Minister Carney is doing, what he's done from the commencement of his administration, is absorption connected actions, absorption connected deliverables. And I deliberation he's taking a precise businesslike attack to uncovering those areas wherever G7 leaders tin hold we are going to jointly prosecute action."

Security is choky up present successful the mountains — and that means an aboriginal greeting for those needing to spell to Kananaskis for the main event.

Many reporters are staying farther north, successful Banff, and had to emergence astatine 4 oregon 5 a.m. section clip successful bid to get done information (both a metallic detector and RCMP sniffer canine treatment) earlier boarding a autobus for the 90-drive to the acme site.

It’s been a beauteous spectacular sunrise thrust done the foothills of the Rockies, though, including a carnivore sighting!