Carney says he told Trump 'I meant what I said' in his Davos speech on trade policy

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday he told U.S. President Donald Trump that he meant what he said in his speech at Davos, and told him Canada plans to diversify away from the United States with a dozen new trade deals. "To be absolutely clear, and I said this to the president, I meant what I said in Davos," Carney said to reporters as he arrived for a Cabinet meeting in the capital, Ottawa. Dominic LeBlanc, Canada's minister responsible for Canada-U.S. trade, has compared Canada's recent trade deal with China to an agreement Trump made with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea last summer in which the U.S. cut some tariffs on China while Beijing moved to allow rare earth exports and lift a pause on purchasing U.S. soy.

Author: Rob Gillies, Associated Press

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