Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has seemingly walked back comments relating to a deal with China following President Trump’s tariff threat.
Carney told reporters that under the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), the country will not “pursue free trade agreements with non–market economies without prior notification.”
“We have no intention of doing that with China or any other non–market economy,” he said. “What we’ve done with China is to rectify some issues that developed in the last couple of years.”
Carney’s comments as President Trump warned on Truth Social, “If Governor Carney thinks he is going to make Canada a ‘Drop Off Port’ for China to send goods and products into the United States, he is sorely mistaken.”
“China will eat Canada alive, completely devour it, including the destruction of their businesses, social fabric, and general way of life,” he wrote. “If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the U.S.A. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
Carney previously told reporters that he was “extremely pleased” that Canada and China were “moving ahead with [their] new strategic partnership.”
“A partnership founded on five pillars will not only deepen our bilateral ties to the benefit of our peoples but will also, in my judgment, help improve the multilateral system, a system that in recent years has come under great strain.” The economic plan included a 50% increase in Canadian exports to China by 2030, according to reports.
