Trump and Carney discuss trade at G7 amid tensions over tariffs

Prime Minister Mark Carney was side-by-side with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G7 summit in Alberta Monday, but that doesn’t mean they’re on the same page.

While Trump appears to be holding out hope for a new trade agreement, he also says Canada and the U.S. have “different concepts” about a potential deal.

Trump says he expects a lot from the meeting, and says there’s nothing that would hold up a trade deal – but that may not mean he’s backing down completely on steel tariffs.

Carney welcomed Trump to Canada saying the U.S. plays a critical role in the G7.

“The G7 is nothing without U.S. leadership, and your personal leadership,” Carney said.

As the summit host, Carney stressed the need for trade partners like Canada and the U.S. to work together.

“And in a world where shocks flow across the borders, that resilience comes from cooperation,” Carney said.

Trump was promising cooperation with Canada, even though Canada has been one of his targets.

“We’re going to be talking about trade and many other things,” Trump said.

Trump called himself a tariff person and noted Carney doesn’t share his liking for tariffs, but he expressed confidence Canada and the U.S. can reach a deal.

“I think we’re going to accomplish a lot, and I expect to. And I think our primary focus will be trade and trade with Canada, and I’m sure we can work something out,” Trump said.

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With the U.S. imposing steel tariffs on Canada, McMaster economics professor Colin Mang says even with a deal, some of Trump’s tariffs may be here to stay, similar to a deal China made with the U.S. last week.

“So Trump does seem to be in the mood to make deals with other countries, but his comments today that he is a tariff man does suggest that any deal that he makes with Canada is likely still going to include some tariffs on at least a few items,” Mang said.

There has been no mention so far at the G7 of Canada as the 51st state.

As Trump’s Air Force One landed in Canada, some people in Hamilton said the country shouldn’t be so welcoming to someone who wants to take over the country.

“I think he should not be welcomed into Canada,” said one man.

“I guess they’re trying to keep the peace but I don’t think they need to,” said another woman.

Protestors in Calgary near the G7 were skeptical about Trump and the other leaders.

“He has not acted as a respectful ally to date and that’s a huge concern as a Canadian,” said one woman.

“They have spent hundreds and millions of dollars to host this event at a time when there is a cost of living crisis in Canada,” said another woman.

And while Trump was talking about trade cooperation, he took a shot at former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, along with former U.S. President Obama.

“The G7 used to be the G8, Barack Obama and a person named Trudeau didn’t want to have Russia in, and I would say that that was a mistake because I think you wouldn’t have a war right now if you had Russia in, and you wouldn’t have a war right now if Trump were president four years ago,” Trump said.

Trudeau wasn’t actually prime minister in 2014 when Russia was suspended from the G8. That was Prime Minister Harper. But Trump says Russian president Vladimir Putin was insulted and wouldn’t have started the war with Ukraine if he was still in the G8.

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