“He likes the structure,” Carney told reporters. Later, Trump said: “I don’t know that I said I like it, but I could understand that.”

Prime Minister Mark Carney defended Canada’s Chinese electric vehicle deal with China to U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump is happy with Canada allowing some Chinese EVs at a low-tariff rate, Prime Minister Mark Carney said. Read more.

The arrangement allows a capped number of electric vehicles from China to be imported at a low-tariff rate.

“He likes the structure,” Carney told reporters. Later, Trump said: “I don’t know that I said I like it, but I could understand that.”