Prime Minister Mark Carney pointed out on Tuesday that he was not in a hurry to speak to his American counterpart on the current trade war between the two countries, saying that an appeal would intervene at “appropriate time”.
Addressing journalists in Iqaluit after returning from a two -day trip abroad, Carney said that he was not consumed by what he diplomatically called Trump’s “initiatives”, or almost daily commercial threats, saying that his main objective is to constitute the Canadian economy so that it is more resistant to global economic challenges, including the American push.
Carney said Trump’s pricing action “called for the question of validity” of the Canada-UX-Mexico (CUSMA) agreement, and there is a need for a wider conversation with the Americans on the reset of the whole bilateral relationship, something that will only happen when the time comes.
He said the “starting point” of a future appeal expected with Trump will be reaffirming and reinforcing Canada’s sovereignty, which the American president has threatened several times.
“I can’t wait to have, at the appropriate time, a discussion between two sovereign nations which is complete and not targeted on a problem. There is a wide range of questions to discuss when we connect,” said Carney.
Asked about the assertion of former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Trump is trying to torpedo the Canadian economy to facilitate the annex, Carney said that there were false ideas on Canada’s resilience in the United States and that he will “disabuse this false idea”.
He said that “Canada is strong and that we are going to become stronger” and that American trade wars with allies would weaken the United States
During an announcement in Iqaluit on Tuesday, a journalist asked Prime Minister Mark Carney if he shared Donald Trump’s evaluation by Justin Trudeau – that the United States wanted to destroy the Canadian economy to annex the country. Carney said that if there was a “false idea of this in the United States,” Canadians “unsubscribe this false idea”.
Kirsten Hillman, Canada Ambassador to the United States, said on Sunday that Carney would speak to Trump at some point, but that will not happen right away.
“This conversation will come when the time comes,” she said in an interview with CBC Rosemary Barton Live.
While the president made a series of what she called “disrespectful” comments on Canada, Hillman said that Carney will adopt a “professional” approach to any appeal with the sometimes volatile asset.
“We cannot control the behavior of President Trump. We can control our behavior,” she said. “We can enter these discussions and enter this relationship from a position of confidence and strength.”
Apart from the pre-plane summits, the new prime ministers generally make a visit to the United States an absolute priority. For example, the last three Prime Ministers – Trudeau, Stephen Harper and Paul Martin – all went to the United States at the start of their mandate.
Carney adopted a different approach.
It was his idea of visiting the United Kingdom, France, then Nunavut on its first trip outside the national capital after being sworn, told CBC News, government sources, a deliberate wink to the three founding peoples of Canada.
Carney played the British, French and native roots of Canada and its allegiance continues at the Crown in the first days of its direction, to distinguish this country from the Republic to the south which fought a bloody war of independence to move away from the British.
Canada has a “proud British heritage,” said Carney after his swearing in. The country is “the most European of non-European countries,” he told French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday during a judgment in Paris.
Carney is also based on other Canada Commonwealth links as he keeps the country from the United States away
Prime Minister Mark Carney, when he speaks on Tuesday in Iqaluit, announced that Canada will work alongside Australia to build an early warning radar system in the Arctic.
To this end, he announced on Tuesday an agreement with Australia to build an early alert radar system from the Canadian-American border to the Arctic, to better affirm sovereignty in the region.
He said that the Commonwealth cousin is a “long -standing defense partner” and that Canada can use Australia’s expertise to help get a system like the one that has grown quickly.
“We cannot and must not first look at others to defend our nation,” said Carney.
“The world is changing. Our opponents are more and more embraced.
Carney said he “respects” that Trump is concerned about the border, drugs and well -paid jobs.
He said he shared these concerns for Canada, and that’s what he will focus on.
“We can give ourselves more than anything than President Trump or any other trading partner can take away,” he said.
