Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa at the G7 summit in June. Mr. Carney will address EU Parliament in France this September.Vadim Ghirda/The Associated Press
Mark Carney will address the EU Parliament next month in Strasbourg, France, as the Prime Minister makes efforts to expand Canada’s ties with other partners amid trade tensions with the United States.
The Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement Wednesday that Mr. Carney’s trip will also include attending the European Union’s annual State of the Union address by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, scheduled for Sept. 16.
It is the latest in a series of trips in which Mr. Carney has indicated a focus on Europe.
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His first official trip last year as Prime Minister was to France and Britain, just ahead of the federal election campaign.
On Wednesday, Mr. Carney posted a video online that highlighted his January speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, which attracted international attention for its warning about a “rupture” in the world order.
“The old order is not coming back,” Mr. Carney wrote on X.
Several days after trade talks collapsed between Canada and the U.S., senior political leaders on both sides of the border continued to weigh in on the fallout.
U.S. President Donald Trump added to his criticism Wednesday after Canada announced a package of countermeasures that are set to take effect Sept. 8.
In an interview with the Glenn Beck Program, he repeated his view that Canada doesn’t have anything that the U.S. needs.
“I mean, there are a couple of things that would make it a little inconvenient, but we can get them elsewhere. And it’s time to teach Canada you can’t do this any more,” he said.
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After trade negotiations fell apart late Friday, the President approved 50-per-cent tariffs on about $28-billion worth of Canadian goods.
Ottawa responded with what it called dollar-for-dollar tariffs Tuesday, targeting nearly 900 items.
White House adviser Peter Navarro warned on Wednesday that the deal Canada will ultimately strike with the U.S. will be worse than what was offered last week.
“It just is not going to end well for Canada, and I predict that the deal you got, that you turned your nose up, you’re never going to get that deal again,” Mr. Navarro said on C-SPAN. “Whatever you get is going to be less than that.”
At a news conference in Lévis, Que., Monday, Mr. Carney said the EU and Canada are planning new co-operation talks.
“This fall, we will begin intense discussions with the European Union, the world’s second-largest economy, to build a much stronger and deeper economic and security partnership,” he said.
The Prime Minister did not provide specifics as to the nature of those planned discussions.
With reports from Reuters