Carney Calls Trump's Tariff Threats Bluster
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calls Canada's potential pivot to China trade "a disaster," directly challenging PM Mark Carney's recent economic stance.
Mark Carney’s approval rating has soared to record highs after a Davos speech in which he confronted Donald Trump and urged allies to unite against authoritarianism.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has a warning for Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney: Your comments against U.S. trade policy could backfire, especially at a time when the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreeme
Carney said he and Trump discussed topics ranging from the Ukraine war to "Arctic security," shorthand for the controversy over Greenland.
Scott Bessent said that the Canadian prime minister had recanted his call on middle powers to no longer accommodate the U.S.
Mark Carney said he stood by his Davos warning about great-power coercion in a call with Trump, pushing back on US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s account of the conversation.
US State Department officials have reportedly met the leaders of an Alberta separatist group several times over the past year.
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