Prime minister Mark Carney went to Washington, DC, before his long -awaited meeting with American president Donald Trump.
The Prime Minister’s office confirmed to Global News in an email that Carney will leave for the American capital on Monday afternoon. The meeting with Trump is expected to take place on Tuesday in the White House.
“I do not know what he wants to see me, but I suppose he wants to conclude an agreement,” Trump told journalists at the oval office on Monday when he was asked what he expected from the meeting.
Global News learned that Carney had to meet Canadian and American business leaders on Monday evening at an event in Washington organized by the Business Council of Canada. Carney should not have remarks during the event.
Carney’s meeting on Tuesday comes after Trump, in a Sunday interview on NBC Meet the press with Kristen Welker,, said Annexing Canada with military action is “very improbable”, A point of discord that could occur at the meeting.
Trump took the front of the stage and has become a major factor for voters of the recent federal elections who ended with the voters re -elected the liberals to their fourth mandate.
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The Prime Minister and President’s meeting comes when renegotiations of the Canadian-free-exchange-mexic-mexical agreement agreement (CUSMA) should start next year, although Trump’s prices on the two countries have raised questions about how these discussions are taking place.
Carney, in his first comments on Friday after the elections, said that it was “important to distinguish the lack of reality”, adding that future talks would be difficult.
“I do not claim that these discussions will be easy,” he said. “They will not proceed in a straight line. There will be zigs and zags, ups and downs. But as I said in my remarks, I will fight for the best offer for Canada and will only accept the best offer for Canada and will take as much time as necessary. ”
Before the elections, Carney told journalists after his first international trip as Prime Minister that Trump’s continuous threats to make Canada an American state “Need to stop” Before his government sat for interviews on a updated commercial pact.
During a large part of the elections, Trump did not mention the 51st rhetoric of the state, however, she resurfaced the week before election day, the president saying to the Canadians in a post the day when people went to the polls to vote for a leader who would reduce taxes, increase military power and eradicate prices. He did not appoint a specific candidate.
– With files from Sean Boynton and David Akin from Global News, and the Canadian press
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