Carney to speak with Trump today at high-stakes White House meeting [Video]

Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet his U.S. counterpart Tuesday for a high-stakes White House meeting — a face-to-face that comes as bilateral relations are at their lowest point in decades and with a trade war raging.

Carney triumphed in last week’s election in part because of his promise to steadfastly defend Canada in the face of President Donald Trump’s punishing tariffs and his 51st state taunts.

Now, the country is expecting Carney to deliver some signs of progress and show that his new Liberal government may be able to bring this fractious era to a close.

Carney has set low expectations for this meeting, suggesting it may be a while yet before the two countries can craft a new economic and security arrangement now that he says the last one is “over.”

“I’m not pretending these discussions will be easy. They won’t proceed in a straight line, there will …