"Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday he told U.S. President Donald Trump that he meant what he said in his speech at Davos, and told him Canada plans to diversify away from the United States with a dozen new trade deals. Carney rolled his eyes and rejected U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's contention to Fox News that he aggressively walked back his comments at the World Economic Forum during a phone call with Trump on Monday."
"Trump threatened this past weekend to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America's northern neighbor went ahead with a trade deal with Beijing, though Carney has said Canada has no interest in negotiating a comprehensive trade deal with Beijing. Carney said Trump called him and that they spoke for a half hour. "I explained to him our arrangement with China. I explained to him what we're doing - 12 new deals, four continents, in six months," Carney said. "He was impressed.""
Mark Carney told President Donald Trump he meant his Davos remarks and rejected claims that he walked them back. Carney said Canada plans to diversify away from the United States with a dozen new trade deals across four continents within six months. He condemned economic coercion by great powers against smaller countries and said Washington has changed, adding that "there is almost nothing normal in the U.S. now." Trump warned of a possible 100% tariff on Canadian imports if Canada pursued a trade deal with Beijing. Carney said he explained Canada's arrangement with China during a half-hour call and that Trump was impressed.
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