Trump and Carney to speak in the coming days, Canadian official says

U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will likely talk “over the next number of days” after the U.S. imposed a 35% tariff on goods not covered by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, CBS News reported citing a Canadian official.

Dominic LeBlanc, the federal cabinet minister in charge of U.S.-Canada trade, also told CBS News’ “Face the Nation” that he was “encouraged” by recent discussions and believed a deal to bring down tariffs remained an option.

“We’re encouraged by the conversations with Secretary Lutnick and Ambassador Greer, but we’re not yet where we need to go to get the deal that’s in the best interest of the two economies,” LeBlanc told CBS News, referring to U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.

The trade minister said he expected Carney and Trump to speak “over the next number of days.”