Trump, Carney To Meet Regarding Trade Deal While Canada Moves Forward On Other Pacts

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to the United States this week to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump to try to advance a trade between the two nations. The meeting will happen on Tuesday, Oct. 7.

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said the “working visit will focus on shared priorities in a new economic and security relationship between Canada and the U.S.” More specifically, according to CTV, the two leaders will discuss the United States Section 232 tariffs on aluminum and steel exports from Canada into the United States.

As The New York Times reported on Thursday, Oct. 2, Dominic LeBlanc, the Canadian cabinet minister tasked with handling trade relations with the United States, told a Canadian Senate committee there may be hope of amending the Section 232 tariffs. Stay tuned to Connecting The Dots for updates after the Tuesday, Oct. 7 meeting.

Meanwhile, Canada is moving forward with trade agreements with other global partners. As The Canadian Press reported last month, the Canadian government signed a “game-changing” agreement with Indonesia that is the first-ever bilateral trade pact with a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). “Once it’s fully implemented, it means that over 95 percent of the tariffs on Canada’s current exports to Indonesia will be reduced or eliminated,” Prime Minister Carney noted.