Trump Says Canada Trade Talks Won’t Resume
But Energy Secretary Says Goal Is to Return to the Table
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President Donald Trump said he received an apology from Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney over a television ad that opposed tariffs, but suggested that trade talks between the two countries won’t restart.
Asked by reporters aboard Air Force One whether negotiations between the White House and Carney’s government would resume, Trump said: “No, but I have a very good relationship. I like him a lot, but you know, what they did was wrong. He was very nice. He apologized for what they did with the commercial.”
Earlier Oct. 31, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the goal is for the U.S. and Canada to return to the table after talks broke off last week, and for the countries to cooperate more closely on oil, gas and critical minerals.
There has been friction in the talks between Canada and the U.S. “for some good reasons,” Wright told reporters at the Group of Seven energy and environment ministers’ meeting in Toronto on Oct. 31.
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Trump called off the negotiations last week after the province of Ontario aired an anti-tariff advertisement in the U.S. that drew from a 1987 radio address by former President Ronald Reagan. Trump also threatened an additional 10% tariff on Canada.
Before the breakdown, Carney said the two countries had been progressing on a deal on steel and aluminum sectoral tariffs, as well as energy. Carney had pitched Trump on reviving theKeystone XLpipeline project.
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“Unfortunately we’ve had some bumps on the road,” Wright said. “I would say the goal is to bring those back together and I think to see cooperation between the United States and Canada across critical minerals, across oil and gas.”
Trump has also said recently that he’s satisfied with the current trade arrangement between the U.S. and Canada, which includes U.S. import taxes on autos, lumber, steel and aluminum, along with a 35% tariff on other goods not shipped under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement that Trump signed during his first term.
Written byDanielle Bochove, Laura Dhillon Kane and Melissa Shin
