Prime Minister Mark Carney said the United States has dropped some of its previous demands during trade talks, including a limit on Canada’s ability to make deals with other countries.
“Some of our red lines have clearly shifted around language, around culture, around sovereignty, our ability to have trade deals. In other words, those are now off the table. That’s very welcome. There are other important issues on which we still need to make progress,” Carney told reporters in St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, on Nov. 3. “They’re asking less and they’re offering more.”
The prime minister has said trade negotiations broke down on Aug. 21 after Washington demanded restrictions on Canada’s ability to pursue trade agreements with other countries, the exclusion of medium- and heavy-duty trucks from tariff exemptions, and weaker protections for the French language and Canadian culture. …