Mark Carney Details What He Spoke With President Trump About In Their Meeting In Washington, DC

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney held a press briefing on Tuesday, where he spoke about his meeting with President Trump.

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00:00President Trump and I met today as leaders of two sovereign, independent nations.

00:06And I want to thank the President and the members of his cabinet that attended for welcoming

00:11me and my colleagues to the White House and for our very constructive discussions.

00:18I conveyed to the President today what our countries have long proven to be true, that

00:24Canada and the United States are stronger when we work together.

00:29We can get a better deal for our workers.

00:32We can create more opportunities for our businesses.

00:35We can build stronger economies across North America when we work together.

00:40And really today marked the end of the beginning of a process of the United States and Canada

00:49redefining that relationship of working together.

00:52The question is how we will cooperate in the future.

00:57How we can build an economic and security relationship built on mutual respect, built on common interests,

01:06and that delivers transformational benefits to our economies.

01:15We had what I would describe as wide-ranging and, as I said a moment ago, very constructive

01:22discussions.

01:23We need to have further conversations in the coming weeks and we are looking forward to

01:27meeting in person at the G7 Summit in Kananaskis in Alberta.

01:33Now, while that's going on, in Canada we will focus on what we can control.

01:40So, tomorrow I will be meeting with the Prime Minister for a call to make a point on the conversations

01:49that we have had here today and to discuss the work that is waiting for us.

01:57We are going to reinforce our strength at home.

02:01We will reinforce Canada's security for an increasingly dangerous and divided world.

02:06We will transform our border security, our security in the Arctic, and our support for

02:13our allies around the world.

02:15We will build an economy that creates jobs, grows incomes, and withstand shocks.

02:19We are, in fact, the strongest economy in the G7, an economy that works for everyone.

02:24We are going to build a new Canadian economy where we can all succeed in a world that is

02:31deeply transformed.

02:33We are going to build the infrastructure that will allow our businesses to join the new

02:38markets around the world.

02:39And we are going to build a single Canadian economy, not really.

02:43We are masters in our own home, and we can give ourselves far more than any foreign government

02:56can ever take away.

02:57So, now is the time to build, and based on the discussion today, to build at home, and

03:03to build with our partners abroad, including the United States.

03:06Merci beaucoup, thank you very much, and I look forward to your questions.

03:10A lot of comments really good, but I will review Ashley, go ahead.

03:31Thank you very much.