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Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
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Senior parliamentary reporter
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Ottawa
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Prime Minister Mark Carney is flying to Washington Monday for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump
to seek a deal to end or reduce U.S. tariffs.
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Mr. Carney will meet with Mr. Trump at the White House Tuesday before returning home the next day, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.
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This will be the Prime Minister’s second trip to the White House since taking office this year. After his last meeting with Mr. Trump in May, Mr. Carney emerged without any measurable progress in ending a costly trade war but also avoided any sign of conflict with the mercurial U.S. President.
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Canada, Mexico and the United States are preparing for a scheduled review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, with the Trump administration expected to seek more concessions for U.S. industry.
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The U.S. envoy to Canada, Pete Hoekstra, recently said the Trump administration had hoped to negotiate a grander bargain with Canada than simply a renewal of the USMCA – a deal that would have encompassed a multitude of issues, including defence, energy and autos.
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