Ready for US trade negotiations: Canada PM Mark Carney

The dramatic collapse of trade talks with the US in August helped clarify Canada's negotiating "red lines," said PM Mark Carney, who added he's ready to get back to the table for the right deal. In an interview with Bloomberg, he was asked whether it's a question of who moves first to get negotiations restarted.

"There's not a pride thing from our perspective," he said. "We're practical people that know what our bottom lines are, what our red lines are for sovereignty, for culture, not being restricted on our ability to sign other trade deals."

The prime minister added: "I think our American colleagues maybe, perhaps, understand those red lines a little more clearly now, given what's happened. We're ready to sit down."


But Canada is "not going to slow down" on its efforts to expand trade with other countries, said Carney, who has invited the world's leading money managers to Toronto this week for the inaugural Canada Investment Summit. As soon as it ends, he'll fly to France for talks on deepening Canada's relationship with the EU. Bloomberg