Carney vows best possible position for Trump talks after election – National [Video]

As Canada and the world continue to feel the impact of President Donald Trump’s global trade war, Prime Minister Mark Carney says he wants the country in “the best possible position” for negotiations with the U.S. after the federal election is over.

Carney, who retains his caretaker role as prime minister during the campaign, was back in Ottawa to convene a meeting of the cabinet committee on Canada-U.S. relations and national security Friday morning.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Carney said the committee had a “good, long discussion” about the fallout of the Trump’s global tariff policy that has rattled stock markets at home and abroad this past week.

The cabinet committee discussed the initial signs of slowing in the global economy, impacts on the Canadian economy and labour market, he said.

“We reviewed our response to those tariffs, our core strategy of to fight, to protect and to build,” Carney said.

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