Prime Minister Mark Carney signaled on Tuesday that he is not in a hurry to talk to his US counterpart about the continued trade war between the two countries, and said a call would come at the “reasonable time”.
Carney spoke to reporters in Iqaluit, after returning from a two -day trip abroad, not of what he diplomatically described Trump’s “initiatives” or almost daily trade threats.
Carney said that Trump’s tariff was “questioned the validity of the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement (Cusma), and there is a bigger conversation with the Americans about resetting the entire bilateral relationship, something that will only happen if the time is right.
He said that the “starting point” of an expected future call to Trump will be, who reaffirms and reinforces the sovereignty of Canada, which the US president has repeatedly threatened.
“I look forward to having a discussion between two sovereign nations at a reasonable time, which are comprehensive and not aimed at a problem. There are a variety of topics that have to be discussed when we connect,” said Carney.
According to the assertion of former prime minister Justin Trudeau, Trump is trying to torpedo the Canadian economy in order to announce it more easily, Carney said that there is misunderstandings about Canada’s resistance in the United States and that he “reveals this misunderstanding”.
He said that “Canada is strong and we get stronger” and that America’s trade wars would weaken the United States with allies
At an announcement in Iqaluit on Tuesday, a reporter Prime Minister Mark Carney asked whether he shared Justin Trudeau’s assessment by Donald Trump – that the United States wanted to destroy the Canadian economy to grow the country. Carney said that if there is a “misunderstanding” in the United States, the Canadians would relieve this misunderstanding.
Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s Ambassador in the USA, said on Sunday that Carney will talk to Trump at some point, but it won’t happen immediately.
“This conversation will come when the time is right,” she said in an interview with CBCs Rosemary Barton Live.
While the president has made a number of so -called “disrespectful” comments on Canada, Hillman said that Carney would follow a “managing” approach for a call with the sometimes volatile Trump.
“We cannot control President Trump’s behavior. We can control our behavior,” she said. “We can enter into these discussions and go into this relationship from a position of trust and strength in this relationship.”
Outside of prefabricated peaks, new prime ministers usually have a top a visit to the United States. For example, the last three prime minister – Trudeau, Stephen Harper and Paul Martin – went to the USA at the beginning of their term.
Carney chose a different approach.
It was his idea to visit Great Britain, France and then Nunavut on his first trip outside the country’s capital, after being sworn in, government sources CBC News announced, a deliberate allusion to the three founding peoples of Canada.
In the first few days of his leadership, Carney played Canadian British, French and indigenous roots and their continued loyalty to the crown to distinguish this country from the Republic in the south that had a bloody war of independence to get away from the British.
Canada has a “proud British heritage,” said Carney after his swearing in the ceremony. The country is “the most European non-European countries,” he told French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Monday.
Carney also leans on Canada’s other Commonwealth compounds while he was removing the country from the United States
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Tuesday in Iqaluit that Canada will work together next to Australia to build an early warning radar system in the Arctic.
For this purpose, he announced an agreement with Australia on Tuesday to build an early warning radar system from the Canada-US limit to the Arctic in order to better assert sovereignty in the region.
He said that the Commonwealth Cousin is a “long-time defense partner”, and Canada can use Australia’s know-how to have developed such a system quickly.
“We cannot and should not look for others first to defend our nation,” said Carney.
“The world changes. Our opponents are increasingly encouraged. International institutions and norms that have contributed to Canada are now being questioned. The priorities of the United States, which once match our own, are postponed,” he said.
Carney said he “respected” that Trump is busy with the border, drugs and the highly paid jobs.
He said he shares this concerns for Canada and he would concentrate on that.
“We can give ourselves more than anything that President Trump or another trading partner can take with us,” he said.
