Prime Minister Mark Carney says he discussed his Chinese electric vehicle deal with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G7 summit in France.
The discussion took place as Chinese electric vehicles are entering the Canadian market and as Ottawa is courting China to establish production lines in Canada.
Trump and his officials had sharply criticized Canada’s deal with China, while Carney told reporters on June 17 that the president “likes the structure” of it.
“I was explaining the actual structure of the deal… He likes the structure. Actually, we had a follow-up conversation about it as well,” Carney said.
The prime minister’s comments come after a hot mic captured him appearing to tell Trump at a working luncheon during the June 16 G7 Summit that Canada would “cap” Chinese EV imports at 49,000, which he said represents “less than 3 per cent of the market.”…