OTTAWA: Prime Minister Mark Carney said he would be in Washington on Tuesday for what he expects will be "difficult but constructive" talks with US President Donald Trump, who he has accused of trying to break Canada. Carney, fresh from a victorious election campaign focused on standing up to Trump, said the two neighbours need to create new security and defence ties. "Our old relationship, based on steadily increasing integration, is over. The questions now are how our nations will cooperate in the future and where we in Canada will move on," he told a press conference.
Trump, who muses about annexing Canada, has imposed tariffs on some Canadian goods. Carney regularly termed the US actions as a betrayal and says Canada must reduce its reliance on the United States, which takes 75% of all Canadian exports. Carney said the focus of Tuesday's "comprehensive set of meetings" with Trump and senior officials would be on immediate trade pressures, such as the tariffs, and the long-term future. — AFP
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