OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says it’s fair to describe Canada’s approach to trade negotiations with the United States as “nasty,” after President Donald Trump used that word to slam Ottawa’s leaders as talks continue under the threat of a new round of American tariffs.
Revealing that he spoke with Trump directly last week, and will do so again as necessary, Carney told reporters at an aluminum plant in Quebec’s Saguenay region on Thursday that Canada is pushing hard for a deal that addresses Trump’s so-called “national security” tariffs that have hammered the sector.
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