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(NewsNation) — The commercialized clash betwixt the United States and Canada volition apt instrumentality halfway signifier arsenic newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with President Donald Trump astatine the White House connected Tuesday.
The 2 leaders are scheduled to greet each different astatine 11:30 a.m. ET, marking their archetypal face-to-face meeting.
Ahead of Tuesday’s meeting, Carney said connected societal media, “Canada and the United States are strongest erstwhile we enactment unneurotic — and that enactment starts now."
The telephone for teamwork was underscored by hostility from Trump’s repeated calls to marque Canada the 51st state and his unrelenting tariff threats.
It was besides a displacement from Carney's comments a week earlier, erstwhile helium said the erstwhile narration betwixt the countries was "over."
"The questions present are however our nations volition cooperate successful the future," Carney said.
A caller YouGov poll recovered that much than 60% of Canadians see the U.S. an force oregon unfriendly.
Canada has agelong served arsenic a top trading partner for the U.S.
Last year, Canada was the apical destination for American exports, resulting successful much than $750 billion successful commercialized for the U.S.
Tuesday's gathering volition apt absorption connected that commercialized relationship, specifically the 25% tariffs presently levied against astir goods from Canada.
"He's coming to spot me. I'm not definite what helium wants to spot maine about, but I conjecture helium wants to marque a deal. Everybody does," Trump told reporters successful the Oval Office connected Monday.
The White House sojourn comes amid an expected update from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent connected wherever international commercialized deals stand.
