Carney, Trump to meet Monday as leaders gather in Canada for G7 summit
Prime Minister Mark Carney will sit down with U.S. President Donald Trump for a one-on-one meeting first thing Monday morning ahead of the official start of the G7 Leaders' Summit in Alberta.
The bilateral sit-down, which the Prime Minister's Office confirmed will be at 9 a.m. local time, comes as Canada and the U.S. work toward a new agreement on trade and security but have yet to produce a deal.
All eyes will be on whether Carney and Trump, who have been speaking directly for several weeks of sometimes-informal talks, can make further progress.
In an interview that aired Sunday on The West Block, Dominic LeBlanc, the minister responsible for Canada U.S trade who has led negotiations with the Trump administration, said Canada's ultimate goal is to get Trump's punishing tariffs removed.
He said progress was not going fast enough, however, and warned further economic retaliation could come soon if a deal isn't reached.
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'Our hope was that we would have made more progress before the president arrives in Alberta for the G7. We haven't hit that sweet spot,' he said.
'If we conclude in a short period of time that we're not close to a deal, obviously, as we've said, the country will look at what might be further measures to retaliate against that doubling of the steel and aluminum tariffs.'
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Carney, Trump in direct trade and security talks
Canada is hosting G7 leaders in Kananaskis for the annual summit, with official discussions on global issues taking place Monday and Tuesday. The global economy and the war in Ukraine are high on the agenda.
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Leaders from the G7 and other international partners began arriving at the Rocky Mountain resort this weekend. Trump is due to travel to Canada on Sunday evening, after hosting a massive military parade in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer travelled to Ottawa on Saturday to meet with Carney for direct talks ahead of the summit.
The two leaders had dinner at Carney's official residence at Rideau Cottage, later taking in the NHL hockey game between the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers.
Speaking to reporters Sunday, Starmer said the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran will be a 'centrepiece' of the summit.
Carney and Starmer had their official meeting Sunday to discuss partnerships on artificial intelligence. They posed for photos on Parliament Hill with Aiden Gomez, the British-Canadian co-founder and CEO of Cohere, before heading behind closed doors.
The leaders will travel separately to Calgary, where Carney is set to meet one-on-one with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa ahead of travelling to Kananaskis.
Beyond Albanese and Ramaphosa, Carney has also invited the leaders of India, South Korea, Mexico, Brazil and NATO to the summit.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will also attend, meeting with G7 and invited leaders at Tuesday's working breakfast focused on the Russia-Ukraine war.
Monday's working sessions will focus on the global economy and security matters, according to the official G7 schedule, while Tuesday will also see a session on energy security.
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Carney has said Canada's priorities as chair of the annual summit include strengthening peace and security, improving joint responses to wildfires, fortifying critical mineral supply chains and bolstering the use of artificial intelligence to spur economic growth.
The G7 includes the United States, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, Italy and Canada, as well as the European Union.
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