Carney to meet Trump at G7 on Monday morning, PMO says
Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to hold a one-on-one meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the Group of Seven Summit Monday – an opportunity for the two men to make progress on resolving a damaging three-month trade war.
The Prime Minister's Office told reporters about the meeting on Sunday. The G7 summit is taking place in the Rocky Mountain resort of Kananaskis, Alta.
The Monday tete-a-tete would be the first time the pair have met in person since Mr. Carney visited the White House in early May.
Mr. Carney is also expected to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a one-on-one Tuesday.
As The Globe and Mail reported last week, Canada and the United States are exchanging potential terms of agreement in closely held talks on an economic and security deal.
These exchanges are an effort to spell out what both sides might be able to agree upon as Ottawa and Washington try to find enough common ground to end their damaging trade war.
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