Carney under pressure in the White House talks

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to Washington for his second visit this year – this time for a more fascinating purpose to return trade conversations back to the journey.

Negotiations are repeated in the summer, blowing a deadline from August, set by the two leaders. But few details were published on the discussions or problems preventing a transaction.

Canada is the only country of the G7 that will still achieve a trade deal with Trump this year, unlike other allies, Ottawa is not in a hurry given by the expiration under the US Free Trade Agreement Canada-Mexiko.

But tête-à-tête is coming since Trump renewed to talk about the transformation of Canada into a US state, while Carney’s main opposition figure said that everything that was achieved with a commercial deal for this trip would be considered a failure.

The Minister of Trade in Canada and the US, Dominic Leblan, said last week that “progress” is being reached for an agreement, and media reports suggest that there may be some relief from the upcoming US steel tariffs.

The internal, however, hinted at dissatisfaction with the lack of clarity from the White House about what a deal to trade and security with Canada may look like.

“If you look at all the different things Trump is dealing with, is that right close to the top? Probably not,” says Colin Robertson, a former Canadian diplomat and a member of the University of Canada University in Canada-Jaster.

“This is part of the reason why I think the Prime Minister is descending (in Washington) to say” Pay us, “Robertson told the BBC.

The Carney Service has identified the meeting on Tuesday as a “working visit” focused on finding a common position for the economy and security, although no major breakthroughs are expected, White House officials told the BBC.

Time face -to -face with the president who finds personal relationships can also help alleviate the staffing, Jamie Tremart, CEO of the Center for Prosperity and Security, based in North America.

“Trump was very clear that he wanted people to come to him,” she said.

At the White House on Monday, Trump only said that “I guess he would ask about the rates.”

“Many Canada companies are moving to the United States,” said President in the Oval Cabinet. “Everybody goes back to the United States.”

Asked if he would change his position to any tariffs, Trump replied quickly: “I’m right.”

Carney encountered internal pressure to provide a deal with the United States to reduce tariffs, especially for hard -stroke sectors such as steel and timber.

In an open letter to the Prime Minister on Monday before his visit to Washington, conservative leader Pierre Polyver called on Karney to “contract victory”.

“If you come back only with excuses, disturbed promises and photos of photos, you will fail our workers, our business and our country,” writes poiliev.

Trump has imposed a 35% fee for Canadian imports, but has authorized the carving of goods that fall into the USMCA commercial pact. It has also imposed separate specific deposit sector, including 50% for metals and 25% of vehicles.

Carney strives to assure the Canadians that a huge majority of the US trade – 85% of it – is left without obligation due to the release of USMCA.

The prime minister was also criticized for softening his “elbows” to deal with Trump’s administration, citing an ice hockey metaphor for aggressive play.

Instead, Carney did what some describe as discounts after taking office: termination of tax on digital services, which Trump openly did not like, eliminating most of Canada’s retreating rates in the United States and withdrawing two decades of legal disputes about US duties on Canadian wood.

Robertson called it “the price of acceptance” to continue commercial conversations.

However, Carney described the relationship with Trump as “good” and said the two routine text.

A visit to the White House on Tuesday also comes when the consultations begin before the upcoming review of the long -standing USMCA Free Trade Agreement.

US Trade representative Jamison Greer has signaled that this review can be conducted separately with Canada and Mexico, as US relations with each of the two countries “are different in so many ways,” he said in late September.

Pete Hoekstra, US Ambassador to Canada, told an Ottawa audience in September that Washington hopes to negotiate a “bigger” deal with Canada, which covers both trade and defense.

He also expressed dissatisfaction with the discontent of Canadians from the United States, saying that “very, very difficult to find Canadians who are passionate about US-Canadian relations.”

The Carney government had to go for a quarrel to deal with the public horror of US relations.

Tourism data shows that the number of Canadians visiting the United States has fallen for seven consecutive months and Their poll Found six in 10 Canadians believe that their country can never again trust the United States in the same way.

This mood is partly nourished by Trump’s repeated claim that Canada should become the “51st country” -the most recently last week before the senior military generals in Virginia, while discussing plans for a missile defense system of a gold dome.

Determining what the United States wanted from conversations was difficult to decipher.

Washington probably wants to put pressure on Ottawa for firm commitments to issues outside of trade, such as defense and its shared border, Avidan Cover, director of the Institute for Global Security Legislation at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio.

Trump Canada’s demands to become a 51st country in America, added G -n Cover, to “pose” and “not a serious proposal” -but he said he believed they were “revealing” where Trump stands on Canada.

“It reflects a huge amount of lever,” he said.

Experts also note that the ambitious rocket shield of Trump’s gold dome will require some level of Canadian participation given its geographical closeness, with the Trump administration is probably looking for an agreement with it from Canada.

While Carney works to maintain a dialogue with Trump, he spent the summer visiting allies such as the United Kingdom and Mexico to increase support and find new markets for Canada.

At home, it focuses on increasing projects to “build a nation” that can improve Canada’s economic production in the long run.

But there is still widespread recognition within political paths that Canada must achieve a deal with Trump to protect its economy, as 75% of its goods are sold in the United States and thousands of jobs are already lost in vulnerable sectors.

The Carney government is strongly aware of this pressure aimed at the Tuesday meeting, noted G -n Robertson. If applied at full force, US tariffs have the power to “destroy” Canada’s economy.

“In the meantime, as we are struggling to find new opportunities, you want to keep so much of this Agreement,” he said.