US Edition5 takeaways from Trump’s meeting with Canada’s Mark Carney
- On Tuesday, President Trump and Canada's newly elected leader, Mark Carney, held discussions at the White House amid escalating trade disputes between the two nations.
- The meeting occurred after President Trump announced that 10% tariffs on goods from Canada would begin on July 9, along with a 25% duty on imported vehicles, further intensifying tensions in the trade relationship.
- Carney sought common ground by requesting Trump stop calling Canada the U.S.’s 51st state and emphasized Canadian efforts to secure the border from fentanyl at Trump’s request.
- Trump highlighted a $35.7 billion U.S. Trade deficit with Canada in 2024, urging NATO allies to spend at least 5% of GDP on defense, despite experts disputing the subsidy claim.
- The leaders agreed to pursue a new bilateral relationship based on respect and common interests, signaling a possible shift in U.S.-Canada cooperation despite persistent disagreements.
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Was Trump’s meeting with Canadian PM Carney a turning point or a head fake?
A meeting between the President of the United States and Prime Minister of Canada is rarely newsworthy. But, with tension between the two nations at the highest levels since the 1800’s, President Trump’s meeting with newly elected Prime Minister Mark Carney was worth watching. Put another way, a meeting that should have been routine, even anodyne, has become important, in large part only because the two leaders did not fight in the Oval Office. …
US businesses feeling the impact of a drop in Canadian tourism
With U.S. destinations reporting double-digit drops in Canadian tourists amid political tensions, places like Virginia Beach are hoping to keep its largest group of international travelers from looking elsewhere.Last week, President Donald Trump and Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney met at the White House to try and simmer down tensions between the neighboring countries related to ongoing trade disputes and "51st state" rhetoric from Trump.At le…
‘To name is to claim:’ Inside Trump’s cartographical compulsion
President Donald Trump’s tense exchange with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney over making Canada the 51st state this week offered a vivid example of how the president’s blunt demands to alter the world’s map are both shaping and complicating his foreign policy. They have led to alarm among allies, a battle between the White House and its press corps over labels on the map, and concerns that foes will be emboldened on territorial claims — not …
YOU SAID IT: The big suck-up
All the Donald Trump-bashing we heard from Prime Minister Mark Carney throughout the election campaign was replaced by his sucking up to the U.S. president when the two met in Washington. Carney praised Trump, then sat attentively and quietly as the president lectured him about making Canada the 51st state.
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