Carney urges Trump administration to resume trade talks

Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling on U.S. President Donald Trump and his cabinet to stop insulting Canada and return to serious trade discussions. He said the comments from U.S. officials are beneath their office and are not helping negotiations. Carney spoke after U.S. cabinet members mocked Canada’s military and made sarcastic remarks online. He said Canadian negotiators are ready to resume talks, but only when the U.S. side is prepared to engage constructively. The dispute follows the collapse of CanadaU.S. trade negotiations on Aug. 21. After talks failed, Washington imposed 50% tariffs on about $28 billion in Canadian exports, and Ottawa said it would match those tariffs beginning Sept. 8. Finance Minister FrançoisPhilippe Champagne is set to meet U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at a G20 meeting in North Carolina.