WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump met Friday with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, with the talks partly focused on the future of a North American free trade deal.<\/p>\n
The leaders met in Washington on the sidelines of the draw for the 2026 World Cup, co-hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe three leaders met for approximately 45 minutes,\u201d Carney spokesperson Audrey Champoux said in an email.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve agreed to keep working together on CUSMA,\u201d she added, using the Canadian acronym for the existing free trade deal between the three countries, which Americans call the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement .<\/p>\n
The USMCA deal was struck during Trump\u2019s first term.<\/p>\n
Trump has slapped steep tariffs on exports from Canada and Mexico that do not fall under the USMCA, which Washington is seeking to renegotiate next year.<\/p>\n
Friday\u2019s talks were the first between Trump and Sheinbaum.<\/p>\n
Carney has visited the White House twice since Trump\u2019s return to power, but it will be his first encounter with Trump \u2014 except for a brief meeting at a summit in South Korea \u2014 since the US leader suspended trade talks in a bizarre row over an anti-tariff ad.<\/p>\n
Trump has also threatened further punishment if they fail to curb cross-border migration and drug trafficking \u2014 and irked Sheinbaum by saying he would be \u201cOK\u201d with air strikes on Mexico to tackle traffickers.<\/p>\n
She has vowed the strikes will never happen.<\/p>\n
Canada also was outraged by Trump\u2019s calls earlier this year for it to become the 51st US state.<\/p>\n
Carney drew criticism at recent G20 meetings in South Africa when, asked by a reporter when he last spoke to Trump, answered, \u201cWho cares?\u201c<\/p>\n
The three countries launched their joint World Cup bid in 2017 during Trump\u2019s first term in the White House.<\/p>\n
Trump said Friday that the United States had worked closely with Mexico and Canada over the tournament, adding \u201cthe coordination and friendship and relationship has been outstanding.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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