Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa is prepared to enter trade talks with the United States, but is also “ready to wait,” while Washington and Mexico City move forward in their bilateral trade negotiations.
“We’re going to do multiple things at the same time, we have enough room. We’re ready to go into detailed negotiations. We’re also ready to wait, if that’s what has to happen,” Carney told reporters in Ottawa on April 23.
The prime minister said Washington has brought up several trade irritants ahead of the upcoming Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) negotiations, while Ottawa has raised ways in which the United States is “in violation” of the existing agreement, such as its tariffs on steel, aluminum, vehicles, and lumber….