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Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday that he had a “good conversation” with U.S. President Donald Trump about a potential trade deal.
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In a post on X, Carney said their conversation “builds on our recent constructive discussions on the outlines of a mutually beneficial trade deal that would create jobs for our workers, boost affordability for families, and fully respect Canada’s languages, culture, and sovereignty.
“Our teams will now be working in the coming weeks to deliver that outcome,” he said at the end of his post.
Trade talks between the two countries collapsed in late August, with the prime minister saying that U.S. negotiators made demands that infringed on Canadian sovereignty and French-language laws, and threatened the Canadian auto industry.
“They asked too much and offered too little,” Carney said at the time.
The Trump administration responded by imposing a 50% tariff on approximately $20 billion worth of Canadian imports, prompting Canada to implement dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs.
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Canada’s countermeasures led the Trump administration to respond with another round of tariffs on certain goods, some of which were lifted and adjusted on Oct. 23 in response to a request from Maine’s Republican Senator Susan Collins as she faces a tight re-election campaign.
The trade war between the two countries has become an issue in the Nov. 3 U.S. midterm elections, particularly in border states like Michigan and Maine, where local businesses rely on certain Canadian goods.
Speaking at a campaign rally in Michigan last Sunday, Trump told supporters that a trade agreement with Canada would be reached “pretty soon.”
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