Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says there has been “substantial progress” made in trade talks with the United States, following a meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House.
Although no trade deal has yet been reached between Washington and Ottawa, LeBlanc said that more progress has been made and Trump and Carney have both directed officials to work quickly to reach deals on steel, aluminum and energy.
“In the conversation today, we talked about ways to quickly arrive at a deal that will bring, we hope, a better circumstance to both countries in these sectors of significant importance,” LeBlanc said, speaking to reporters after the Oct. 7 meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Trump, as well as with members of their cabinets….