Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc is set to visit Washington on Aug. 26, after Ottawa lifted some retaliatory tariffs on the United States.
LeBlanc will meet with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and said he hopes to strike a trade deal with the United States that is favourable for Canadians.
On Aug. 22, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada will remove tariffs on all goods covered under the U.S.-Canada-Mexico Agreement (USMCA), while keeping its sectoral tariffs on aluminum, steel, and automobiles.
The changes were announced by Carney following a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump on Aug. 21 and are set to go into effect on Sept. 1. Carney’s move in lifting various counter-tariffs was greeted by the White House as “long overdue” and by Trump as “nice.”…