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Carney claims he and Trump had a'meeting' of minds on steel, aluminium

Mark Carney, the Canadian Prime Minister, said on Wednesday that he and Donald Trump had "a meeting" of minds on the future of steel and aluminum industries in the United States. These sectors are currently subject to U.S. Tariffs.

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Trump was in the Oval Office for trade talks on Tuesday. Officials stated that the meeting was productive, but they still needed more convincing to convince Trump to remove damaging tariffs against Canadian autos, steel and aluminum imports.

Ottawa reports that Carney and Trump have asked officials to begin working on possible agreements in key sectors within the next few weeks.

Carney stated that "The President... and I had a meeting yesterday regarding the future of steel, aluminum, and energy sector collaboration, which is the reason our teams are currently negotiating the terms for these deals."

He told the legislators at Parliament that he was working on "the modalities" of an automobile agreement.

The opposition parties claim that Carney has made too many concessions in Washington. Carney won the April elections on a promise not to bow down to Trump.

"Canadians remember the last election when that Prime Minister promised to put elbows high... that was the promise he kept. Pierre Poilievre, leader of the official opposition in Parliament, said that those elbows had now been lowered. Reporting by David Ljunggren, Maria Cheng and Chris Reese; editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Chris Reese

(source: Reuters)