Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a property league aft a Cabinet gathering to sermon some commercialized negotiations with the US and the concern successful the Middle East, astatine the National Press Theatre successful Ottawa, Ontario, Canada connected July 30, 2025.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney volition apt speech "over the adjacent fig of days" aft the U.S. imposed a 35% tariff on goods not covered by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada commercialized agreement, a Canadian authoritative said connected Sunday.
Dominic LeBlanc, the national furniture curate successful complaint of U.S.-Canada trade, besides told CBS News' "Face the Nation" that helium was "encouraged" by caller discussions and believed a woody to bring down tariffs remained an option.
"We're encouraged by the conversations with Secretary Lutnick and Ambassador Greer, but we're not yet wherever we request to spell to get the woody that's successful the champion involvement of the 2 economies," LeBlanc said, referring to U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.
The commercialized curate said helium expected Carney and Trump to talk "over the adjacent fig of days."
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"We deliberation determination is an enactment of striking a woody that volition bring down immoderate of these tariffs supply greater certainty to investment," LeBlanc said.
Washington linked Friday's tariff announcement successful portion to what it said was Canada's nonaccomplishment to halt fentanyl smuggling. It was the latest stroke successful a months-long tariff warfare which Trump initiated soon aft returning to powerfulness this year.
Carney says Canada accounts for conscionable 1% of U.S. fentanyl imports and has been moving intensively to further trim the volumes.
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