Carney says he'll only take ‘best deal for Canada' in U.S. trade talks
Carney spoke ahead of meeting with Canada's premiers in Huntsville, Ont., where he is joining the talks on how to build a stronger Canadian economy and tear down internal trade barriers in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war and tariffs.
'What we collectively, alternatively, can most control is building a stronger economy, moving from alliance to resilience and division to unity,' Carney told the media ahead of discussions with premiers.
'That will require support for affected industries: lumber, steel, aluminum, automobiles, particularly.'
One of the biggest challenges in the current trade war with the U.S., which Carney has been focused on throughout his leadership, has been to find alternative trading partners in order to minimize or avoid impacts from Trump's tariff policies.
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The government's goal in diversifying trade is to bolster Canada's economy and make it easier for provinces and territories to do business domestically.
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This is being done both at the federal level as well as through deals with individual provinces and territories.
'It's critical that we get out of the way of Canadians being able to work where they want and to buy what they want,' Carney said.
'Bottom line is: Canadians can be our own best customer and we're making sure that's the case and we can give ourselves far more than anyone else can take away and control our destiny together and build. I look forward to discussion and bring it forward.'
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Before Tuesday's meeting, some premiers had already been working on agreements of their own to help build a network of interprovincial trade in addition to work being done by the federal government to bring down barriers to free trade within Canada's borders.
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'I would also like to commend the series of free trade agreements that have been signed between the provinces. I know there's been a flurry of additional activity,' Carney said.
'This network, this web of free trade agreements is significant for our country, is what Canadians want, what our citizens want.'
Carney was seated next to Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who also addressed the media as the discussions kicked off.
'We need to make sure we match tariff by tariff, dollar for dollar, and hit him (Trump) back as hard as we possibly can,' Ford said.
'There's one thing President Trump understands is strength. He doesn't understand or appreciate weakness. He will roll over us like a cement roller if you show an ounce of weakness with the president, in my opinion. And as well, at the same time, we need the federal government to be ready.'
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