Trump Upbeat on Trade Compromise With Canada
President Donald Trump expressed confidence that the U.S. and Canada will "work something out" on trade, just before he met June 16 with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. The two were meeting ahead of the beginning of a two-day Group of 7 summit in Canada's Alberta province.
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Trump said the primary focus of their discussion would be trade between Canada and the U.S., and said of Carney, "we've developed a very good relationship."
"I think we're going to accomplish a lot," he said.
Trump said his concept of trade includes tariffs, but that Canada's leader "has a different concept, which is something that some people like. We're going to see if we can get to the bottom of it today. I'm ... a tariff person, it's simple, it's easy, it's precise and it just goes very quickly. And I think Mark has a more complex idea, but also very good. We're going to look at both, and we're going to come out with something."
At the start of the first meeting of all G7 members, Carney said that the group is "meeting at one of those hinge moments in history."
He said that there can be no prosperity without resilience, and that resilience starts with cooperation. He suggested that Canada can cooperate on combating human smuggling, transnational repression and supplying energy and critical minerals.
"We might not agree on absolutely every issue, but where we will cooperate we will make an enormous difference for our citizens and for the world," he said.