Trump’s three-day tariff pause puts Canada deal in focus
Prime Minister Mark Carney declined to characterise the development as a done deal.
“Substantial progress has been made, although there is important work still to be done,” his office said in a statement Wednesday.
Canada-US Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc returned to Washington early that morning alongside Canada’s chief trade negotiator, Janice Charette, for a second round of talks at the office of US Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer.
“We have a bit more work we need to do,” LeBlanc told reporters on his way into the meeting.
Trump, speaking separately to reporters, described the outcome as “a very good deal” for both countries, saying he expected Canadian tariffs on American goods to be “totally eviscerated, down to zero.”
