Canada's Carney to Trump: `I meant what I said in Davos'

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney connected Tuesday denied Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's assertion that, successful a backstage telephone with President Donald Trump, helium had backtracked connected immoderate of the remarks from his much-discussed code successful Davos, Switzerland, past week.

"To beryllium perfectly clear, and I said this to the president, I meant what I said successful Davos," Carney told reporters successful Ottawa connected Tuesday morning, pushing backmost connected Bessent's remarks from the nighttime before.

Bessent, successful a Fox News interrogation Monday nighttime had said Carney was "very aggressively walking backmost immoderate of the unfortunate remarks helium made astatine Davos" during a telephone with Trump earlier successful the day.

In his code to the World Economic Forum, Carney had declared that the established U.S.-led satellite bid was successful the "midst of a rupture." And helium pointedly warned that the "bargain" of an American hegemony "no longer works," adding that "great powers" person exploited and weaponized economical tools similar tariffs.

The code — which came arsenic Trump was aggressively pressuring Europe to merchantability Denmark-owned Greenland to the U.S. — received a uncommon lasting ovation astatine Davos.

The code reflected "that Canada was the archetypal state to recognize the alteration successful U.S. commercialized argumentation that helium had initiated, and we're responding to that," Carney said, according to video of the remarks.

He confirmed that the telephone took place, saying Trump had called him and that the 2 leaders discussed topics ranging from the Ukraine warfare to "Arctic security" — shorthand for the Greenland controversy.

The discourse of the telephone was "what Canada is doing positively to physique caller partnerships astir the world," including "our statement with China," Carney said.

Canada is 1 of aggregate U.S. trading partners that person responded to the Trump administration's assertive and unpredictable usage of tariffs by looking to forge ties with different large economies, specified arsenic China and India.

Carney said helium boasted to Trump of Canada striking "12 caller deals connected 4 continents successful six months — helium was impressed."

Asked to clarify that helium did not locomotion backmost his code remarks during the telephone with Trump, Carney said, "No."

Trump had criticized Carney implicit the Davos speech, accusing him and his state of being ungrateful to the U.S.

On Friday, Trump rescinded Canada's invitation to articulation the "Board of Peace." And implicit the weekend, Trump threatened to slap a 100% tariff connected Canadian imports if Ottawa strikes a commercialized woody with China.

Carney said Sunday that Canada does not mean to prosecute a escaped commercialized woody with China.

The U.S. Treasury Department did not instantly respond to CNBC's petition for remark connected Carney's remarks.