Prime Minister Mark Carney says he had several informal discussions with U.S. President Donald Trump during the G7 summit, despite not having a scheduled bilateral meeting.
When asked by a reporter in France on June 17 why the two men did not hold a formal bilateral meeting, Carney replied, “I wouldn’t take a big message from that.”
Carney added that he had “seven or eight discussions with President Trump over the course of the last 36 hours,” about the economy, Canada-U.S. relations, artificial intelligence, Iran, and Ukraine.
Carney reiterated that there was “no message” in the lack of a bilateral meeting, and said Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc held discussions at the G7 with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. …