Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Poland on Saturday, Aug. 23, and is scheduled to meet with political and business leaders over the next three days, starting Monday to strengthen economic and security ties with European allies.
Carney’s Europe trip will include stops in Warsaw, Poland; Berlin, Germany; and Riga, Latvia, from Aug. 25 to 27, according to a Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) news release on Aug. 23. During the trip, he will engage in a broad range of discussions, including trade, energy, critical minerals, and collective defence.
Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson, Defence Minister David McGuinty, and Industry Minister Mélanie Joly will join him on the trip, the prime minister said during an Aug. 22 press conference, where he also announced the removal of retaliatory tariffs on all U.S. goods covered under Canada’s free-trade agreement with the United States and Mexico, the USMCA….