President Donald Trump is greeted by Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the official welcoming ceremony at the G7 Summit in the Charlevoix town of La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada, June 8, 2018. (Christinne Muschi/Reuters)
Reuters: Trump, Trudeau discuss trade, economic issues over phone call
BEDMINSTER, N.J./OTTAWA (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau late on Friday to discuss trade and other economic issues, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said on Saturday.
The phone call between the two leaders was the first to be publicly disclosed since Trump blasted Trudeau as “very dishonest and weak” at the end of the Group of Seven leaders meeting in Canada earlier this month.
Trump has repeatedly suggested Canada was profiting from U.S. trade, and his blistering comments after the G7 meeting drove bilateral relations to their lowest point in decades.
On Friday, Canada struck back at the Trump administration over U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs, vowing to impose punitive measures on C$16.6 billion ($12.6 billion) worth of American goods until Washington relents.
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Update: Trudeau calls Trump 2 days before Canadian tariffs take effect to say Canada 'had no choice' but to act (CBC)
WNU Editor: Prime Minister called Presdient Trump after making this announcement .... Trade War Heats-Up - Canada Imposes Billions In Tariffs On U.S. Goods (June 29, 2018). I suspect that this conversation was very businesslike with both men being very careful on what they were saying, especially President Trump knowing where now he stands with the Canadian Prime Minister .... Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau's Office Leaks Story That President Trump Accused Canada Of Burning The White House In 1812 (June 7, 2018). More here .... Inside Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Campaign Against President Trump (June 13, 2018).
I expect a U.S. response to these Canadian tariffs in the next month or two. Everyone is waiting on what is going to happen in Mexico (Presidential election this Sunday), and how will this impact current NAFTA negotiations. In my opinion the new Mexican President .... and I predict that it will be Andrés Manuel López Obrador .... will want a mini- NAFTA., and not the all-encompassing trade deal that it is.
