Canada PM Mark Carney says outdated relationship with US is ‘over’ amid raging tariff conflict with Trump

Canada PM Mark Carney says outdated relationship with US is ‘over’ amid raging tariff conflict with Trump

Canada’s new Prime Minister, Mark Carney, stated on Thursday that the period of conventional relationship with the US primarily based on financial integration and navy cooperation is “over”, whilst he instructed impending talks with President Donald Trump over a raging tariff conflict.

Chief of the Liberal Celebration of Canada Mark Carney offers a speech to his supporters throughout a rally on the Grand Quay of the Port of Montreal on March 27, 2025 in Montreal, Canada. A federal election has been known as, and Canadian voters will go to the polls on April 28.(AFP)

“The outdated relationship we had with the US, primarily based on deepening integration of our economies and tight safety and navy cooperation, is over. What precisely the US does subsequent is unclear. However what is evident is that we as Canadians have company, we’ve energy. We’re masters in our own residence,” Carney stated after an pressing assembly with a cupboard committee on Canada-US relations.

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Trump and Carney haven’t spoken because the new Canadian prime minister assumed workplace on March 14. The Liberal Celebration chief stated he expects to carry a dialog with the US president within the “subsequent day or two” however didn’t point out an enchancment in bilateral relations.

US not dependable associate

Carney stated it’s clear that the US is not a dependable associate.

“It’s attainable that with complete negotiations, we can restore some belief, however there will likely be no turning again. The following authorities and all that observe could have a essentially completely different relationship with the US,” he added.

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Canada has retaliated with tariffs on US imports value $41.9 billion in response to Trump’s tariffs on Ottawa’s exports, together with metal and aluminium. Carney’s authorities has additionally vowed to impose extra tariffs on roughly $66 billion value of American imports in response to Trump’s newest 25 per cent tariffs on vehicles with non-domestic parts.

Carney opted to attend and watch Trump’s commerce actions earlier than asserting exact particulars of retaliatory actions. “We gained’t again down. We are going to reply forcefully. Nothing is off the desk to defend our staff and our nation,” he stated.

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The prime minister has known as for an election on April 28 to hunt a stronger mandate from Canadians in responding to threats from Trump, who has repeatedly urged the neighbouring nation to grow to be a “51st US state.” Opinion polls have put him in a good contest with Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Celebration, whereas the Liberal Celebration has bettered its notion since Trudeau’s resignation.

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