Canada-U.S. summit to tackle interprovincial trade, exports: Trudeau – National [Video]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will host a Canada-U.S. economic summit in Toronto on Friday, days after President Donald Trump said he would hold off on his threatened tariffs against Canada for a month.

“We want businesses, investors and workers to choose Canada,” Trudeau said in a news release.

The Prime Minister’s Office said the pause on tariffs presents an important opportunity to build a long-term prosperity agenda for Canada.

The event will assemble Canadian trade and business leaders and representatives of organized labour to discuss strategies to expand the economy, break down internal trade barriers and diversify exports.

It will also feature members of the Council on Canada-U.S. Relations, formed earlier this year to advise Trudeau on bilateral relations and Trump’s tariff threat.

Trudeau held a virtual meeting with the premiers Wednesday to discuss the federal government’s response to the tariff threat. Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford said they talked about how to knock down …