Amid Trump tariff threat, Carney leaves for France, U.K. visit
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After meeting French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to London to meet with King Charles III and British Prime Minister Kier Starmer.
Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday flew to France where he will meet with French President Emanuel Macron. He will then fly to London in the United Kingdom to meet with his British counterpart.
Carney flew to Pairs after a brief stopover in Montreal, where he attended the city’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations and marched in the parade.
As the Canada-U.S. relationship goes through a rough patch with U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs forcing economic pain Ottawa is looking across the Atlantic.
Carney will also be travelling to Iqaluit, Nunavut, his office said.
While in Europe, trade and security ties will be top of the agenda for both leaders, “with the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement as the foundation,” Carney’s office said.
In addition to economic and commercial ties, the two leaders will also discuss the Canada-France defence relationship, in the backdrop of Carney ordering a review of Canada’s purchase of F-35 fighter jets from U.S. weapons manufacturing giant Lockheed Martin.
On Monday, Carney will travel to London to have an audience with King Charles III and meet British Prime Minister Kier Starmer.
Carney will return to Canada on Tuesday, flying to review Arctic security in Iqaluit and meet Nunavut premier P.J. Akeeagok.
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