Carney says he truly intends to split Canada from the U.S. and pursue 12 new trade deals, adding “I meant what I said in Davos”
On Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stated that he had informed U.S. President Donald Trump that he stood by what he said in his Davos speech. He also told Trump that Canada intends to diversify its trade away from the United States by striking a dozen new trade deals.
Carney rolled his eyes and dismissed the U.S. Treasury Secretary’s claim to News that he had aggressively retracted his comments made at the World Economic Forum during a phone call with Trump on Monday.
“To be completely clear, and I told the president this, I meant every word I said in Davos,” Carney told reporters as he arrived for a Cabinet meeting in the capital, Ottawa.
“Canada was the first country to recognize the change in U.S. trade policy initiated by him, and we are responding accordingly.”
At the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, Carney… about the actions of great powers towards smaller countries without naming Trump. The prime minister’s remarks received widespread acclaim and attention, overshadowing Trump at the event.
“The world has changed, and so has Washington. There is hardly anything normal in the U.S. now, and that’s a fact,” Carney said in French in Parliament on Tuesday.
Tariffs and trade deals
Over the weekend, Trump threatened to… on goods imported from Canada if America’s northern neighbor proceeded with a… with Beijing. However, Carney has said that Canada has no interest in negotiating a comprehensive…
Carney said that Trump called him, and they had a half – hour conversation.
“I explained our arrangement with China to him. I told him what we’re doing — 12 new deals across four continents in six months,” Carney said. “He was impressed.”
Trump’s threat came amidst an intensifying war of words with Carney. The Republican president’s… strained… alarming Canada, which shares a 3,000 – kilometer (1,864 – mile)… in the Arctic. Trump has also previously talked about making Canada…
Carney has said that his recent agreement with China only reduces tariffs that were recently imposed on a few sectors. The prime minister plans to visit India, Australia, and other countries to diversify trade and reduce Canada’s dependence on the U.S., which accounts for more than 75% of Canada’s exports.
The… is due for renewal this year. Carney has set a goal for Canada to double its non – U.S. exports in the next decade.
At the table or on the menu
Carney has emerged as a spokesperson for a movement to connect countries and counter the U.S. under Trump. Speaking in Davos before Trump, Carney said, “Middle powers must unite because if you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.”
Carney said that he also discussed Ukraine, Venezuela, and Arctic security with Trump during their phone call.
Bessent said that Carney spoke to Trump on Monday. The Treasury secretary told Fox News that Carney “was very aggressively backtracking on some of the unfortunate remarks he made at Davos.”
“Of course, Canada depends on the U.S.,” Bessent said. “There is far more north – south trade than there could ever be east – west trade.”
Bessent said that Canada is linked to the U.S. and that Carney should stop trying to “push his own globalist agenda.”
Dominic LeBlanc, Canada’s minister in charge of Canada – U.S. trade, has compared Canada’s recent trade deal with China to an… with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea last summer, where the U.S. reduced some tariffs on China, and Beijing allowed rare earth exports and lifted a suspension on purchasing U.S. soy.
Trump’s push to acquire Greenland comes after he has repeatedly taunted Canada over its sovereignty and proposed that it be absorbed into the United States. He posted an altered image on social media last week showing a map of the United States that included Canada, Venezuela, Greenland, and Cuba as part of its territory.