LeBlanc says progress was made in U.S. trade talks as he leaves D.C.
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LeBlanc's office said the Canada-U.S. trade minister spent around 90 minutes with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday in a constructive meeting.
Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc’s office said he left Washington Wednesday with a sense that progress was made after a meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
LeBlanc’s office said the minister spent around 90 minutes with Lutnick on Tuesday in a constructive meeting where they spoke about specific proposals and items that have been put on the table.
Negotiations about more technical aspects will now continue between Canada’s Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman — who is also Canada’s chief negotiator — and United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.
This weeks’ progress came after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Aug. 22 that Canada will drop some retaliatory tariffs in an effort to intensify talks to ease pressures from U.S. President Donald Trump’s duties on key Canadian sectors.
Canada is being slammed by tariffs on steel, aluminum, automobiles and copper.
LeBlanc has said Canada’s counter-tariffs were a significant point of contention with the Trump administration amid negotiations of a new economic and security relationship.
In response to Trump’s initial economywide duties in March, Canada imposed 25 per cent tariffs on a long list of American goods from oranges and alcohol to motorcycles.
Trump has hit nearly every nation with devastating duties in his effort to realign global trade but, so far, Canada and China have been the only countries to retaliate with tariffs.
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