U.S. terms suggested restricting Canada's ability to execute trade deals, Carney says

U.S. terms suggested restricting Canada's ability to execute trade deals, Carney says

Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters Saturday that the proposed U.S. terms toward a trade deal included "language which suggested restrictions in terms of our ability to execute trade deals, which would always be unacceptable to this government."

Council on Foreign Relations President Says Trump Gave Mark Carney an Ultimatum, USA or China? Carney Chose China

An interesting soundbite from Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) President Mike Froman who distills down the main point of contention.  Essentially, the U.S. position is to demand a common trade approach toward China and the U.S. delegation gave Canada an ultimatum within the deal proposed, us or them. If Mike Froman is correct, Mark Carney […]

William Watson: Carney not signing trade deal was good, war talk wasn’t

Jaw-jaw is better than war-war , said Winston Churchill, who was well-versed in both. Of course, Churchill never jaw-jawed with Donald Trump, notorious bad-faith bargainer. Near the end of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s news conference Saturday the National Post’s Christopher Nardi asked whether we were now in a trade war with the United States. “We were attacked,” Carney answered, “You’re at war when you get attacked. We got attacked.” So we are …

Canada Trade War With USA Escalates

I woke up on Saturday morning to news that Canadian and American negotiators were unable to finalize a trade deal and PM Mark Carney was suspending trade talks with the United States and recalling its negotiating team.Late breaking story on the CBC....Asked for specifics of the Americans' last-minute changes to terms of a trade deal, Prime Minister Mark Carney outlined three examples. He said Americans looked to change the scope of tariffs on Ca…

Mark Carney Draws Line in the Sand as Trade Talks Collapse

Canada is willing to negotiate, but it is not willing to accept an agreement at any cost. At some point in every high-stakes trade negotiation, a country’s leader faces a defining choice: is the goal simply to reach an agreement, or is the government prepared to walk away when the terms threaten the national interest? Prime Minister Mark Carney faced ... Read More The post Mark Carney was right to draw a line in the sand? first appeared on Eawaz…