Reporter Asks Canada's Mark Carney: Do You Have Call With Trump Set After 'Liberation Day' Tariffs?

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At a press briefing, Canadian PM Mark Carney was asked about a possible call with President Trump.

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00:00So, I understand that not to be all balled up in one agreement, separate agreements,

00:04but in the future negotiation then, I want to understand what you take from President

00:11Trump's 12% reciprocal tariff that he has hanging over Canada, even if he lifts the

00:20border tariffs you call unjustified.

00:22So I think there are several things, if I may, and it's hard to predict all elements

00:29of this, but there's certain sectors in the North American economy, the Canadian US economy,

00:38that fundamentally rely on the integration in those sectors.

00:42There's no better example of this than in autos, where it literally has been built up

00:47over my entire lifetime, and that the competitive threat in North America is from Asia, not

00:57within North America, and it will become our judgment, and the judgment I would say

01:02of virtually everybody who works in the auto industry, virtually everyone, not everyone,

01:09not the UAW apparently, but I think they're going to find out, that this is going to damage

01:16the US auto industry as well as the Canadian auto industry, and it's going to damage the

01:21industry relative to competition from Asia.

01:25So when there's that discussion, the question, part of the discussion is going to be, how

01:29do we put back together elements of that integration, and if it's not going to come, how are we

01:34going to act in Canada, and we're going to do this, elements of this anyways, if my government

01:40is elected, which is to build a true made in Canada strategy that makes us much more

01:47resilient with the US.

01:50So Tonda, I can't prewire all those discussions, but what I know is that trying to have a discussion,

01:58given the scale of ambition of the United States, given all the measures they've taken,

02:02not just against Canada, but against the whole world, that we are not going to make progress

02:06if we try to focus on only one issue.

02:10We need to reset the overall relationship, we need to set the boundaries around that,

02:15where we're going to work together, re-establish confidence, first and foremost for Canadian

02:20workers and their families, so that they know where their careers are, where their jobs

02:25are, and then more broadly for investors in business.

02:30Okay?

02:32Good morning, Prime Minister.

02:33Gillian Piper with Global News.

02:36Are you planning to have another phone call with President Donald Trump to discuss these

02:42tariffs?

02:43If it's appropriate, we will.

02:44We agreed that we would, when we last spoke, that we would talk as needed over the coming

02:51weeks.

02:53So it may happen.

02:55There's not one scheduled, and as I said, I'll just reiterate, when we spoke, I did

03:01advise the President that we would be retaliating against the auto tariffs.

03:06We were going to wait to see what happened with these reciprocal tariffs that were announced

03:10yesterday.

03:12We have taken a very focused, calibrated response, balanced response, one that creates incentives

03:17for the automakers.

03:20So as appropriate, we will speak.

03:22I'm very conscious, we're very conscious, that there are additional measures likely

03:28to come in other sectors, including forest products, pharmaceuticals, and others.

Reporter Asks Canada's Mark Carney: Do You Have Call With Trump Set After 'Liberation Day' Tariffs?

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