WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will probably speak “over the subsequent variety of days” after the US imposed a 35 per cent tariff on goods not lined by the US-Mexico-Canada commerce settlement, a Canadian official mentioned on Sunday (Aug 3).
Dominic LeBlanc, the federal cupboard minister in command of US-Canada commerce, advised CBS Information’ “Face the Nation” that he believes there’s an possibility of placing a deal that can deliver down tariffs.
“We’re inspired by the conversations with Secretary Lutnick and Ambassador Greer, however we’re not but the place we have to go to get the deal that is in one of the best curiosity of the 2 economies,” LeBlanc mentioned, referring to US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and US Commerce Consultant Jamieson Greer.
The commerce minister mentioned he anticipated Carney and Trump to talk “over the subsequent variety of days.”
“We expect there’s an possibility of placing a deal that can deliver down a few of these tariffs present better certainty to funding,” LeBlanc mentioned.
Washington linked Friday’s tariff announcement partially to what it said was Canada’s failure to stop fentanyl smuggling. It was the most recent blow in a months-long tariff battle, which Trump initiated shortly after returning to energy this yr.
Carney says Canada accounts for simply 1% of US fentanyl imports and has been working intensively to additional scale back the volumes.
