Canada PM says Trumps pause on tariffs a welcome reprieve [Video]

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called US President Donald Trump’s pause on global tariffs a “welcome reprieve” and said Ottawa will begin negotiations with Washington on a new economic deal after elections.

After days of turmoil in global markets, the mercurial US president abruptly announced Wednesday a pause for 90 days on tariffs on most countries except China.

Carney took to social media platform X and called it a “welcome reprieve for the global economy”.

He added that Canada and the United States will “commence negotiations on a new economic and security relationship immediately following the Federal election” on April 28.

Tensions over trade and foreign policy have soured the relationship of the two traditionally close allies, who were also each others’ biggest trading partners.

Canada was mostly spared in the latest round of Trump’s tariffs but had already been targeted by US tariffs on steel, aluminum and automobiles.

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