Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney urged the United States to forge a “new partnership” that would “help make America great again” during a speech in New York on Thursday.
Carney noted that the world is experiencing a “rupture” as the United States reshapes its commercial ties, and emphasized that close cooperation with Canada in sectors such as aluminium, automotive manufacturing, and critical minerals would benefit both nations.
When asked about his January visit to Beijing to meet President Xi Jinping, Carney said the talks achieved “a very basic reset of the relationship.” He added that ties with China had deteriorated under his predecessor, Justin Trudeau.
Carney told Xi privately that, as a rising power, China must assume greater responsibility for the global monetary and financial system, including the role of its own currency.
“They need to work more rapidly and more deliberately on it,” Carney said. “We need to help them move away from the margins.”
Amid an ongoing trade dispute with the United States, Carney has pledged to double Canadian exports to other markets over the next decade and has signed more than 20 economic and security agreements in the past year.
While Carney spoke in New York, U.S. trade officials were in Mexico City discussing a revamp of the United States‑Mexico‑Canada Agreement. The current negotiations do not include Canada.
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