Canada’s incoming prime minister Carney meets Trudeau, promises quick transition | U.S. & World [Video]

By David Ljunggren, Anna Mehler Paperny

OTTAWA (Reuters) -Former central banker Mark Carney, fresh from a landslide victory to become the leader of Canada’s ruling Liberal Party and the country’s next prime minister, met Justin Trudeau on Monday and said the formal handover of power would be quick.

Liberal members on Sunday bet on Carney as the man best placed to take on U.S. President Donald Trump, who has threatened annexation as well as launching a trade war and punishing tariffs on the longtime ally.

Trudeau is still prime minister until Carney formally takes over the role.

“That transition will be seamless and it will be quick,” Carney said after meeting Trudeau. The Globe and Mail newspaper said Carney was likely to be appointed on Thursday or Friday.

Carney, asked about his relations with Trump, declined to answer on the grounds that he was not yet prime minister. Politico had earlier said the two men could …