Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney held a press briefing on Tuesday, where he was asked about negotiating with President Trump and the US.
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00:00Paul Munger from The Wall Street Journal. Given what's happened with the USMCA and the tariffs that Canada's facing, how do you trust that the U.S. right now is negotiating in good faith and how do you trust the New Deal you signed with right now?
00:09We'll make that determination over the course of the negotiations. I mean, that's the bottom line on that. It's a process, you see, and I would emphasize the following, which is that we have been in the process, as most would know, of an election.
00:29And so this is the point at which a serious discussion begins. And so we had the president at his invitation. I'm here. He welcomed us. We had a very substantive, wide-ranging discussion with the president, but in the presence of the vice president, the secretary of commerce, the secretary of foreign affairs, and beyond his chief of staff as well.
00:57Now I'm in trouble. Stephen Miller. I think that covers it. That covers it? I hope so.
01:07And we have some very specific things to follow up on and build out from that. And in any negotiation, then you make a determination based on that.
01:16Also, part of what you make a determination based on is, are the incentives aligned in the agreement that you get?
01:25And I think the lesson would be of this experience is to ensure that the incentives are aligned and durably so between the two countries. And that is a way that agreements are self-reinforcing. Thank you very much.