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(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump won’t succeed with his stated ambitions to expand US territory, according to Mark Carney, Canada’s newly-elected prime minister.
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“He has territorial views. That’s never, ever going to happen, with respect to Canada — frankly I don’t think it’s ever going to happen with respect to any other, whether it’s Panama or Greenland or elsewhere,” Carney told the British Broadcasting Corp. in an interview recorded late Monday.
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His Liberal Party won the most seats in a Canadian election on Monday, partly fueled by a backlash to Trump’s tariffs and his comments about making the country the 51st US state. Carney said he would “distinguish between what the president wants, and what the president expects” as he prepares to kick off talks with the US administration about a new economic and security deal between the two countries.
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“It’s going to be a very different one than we’ve had in the past,” Carney said of a potential US-Canada pact. “We’ll have a partnership on our terms. There’s a win-win possibility there, but on our terms, not on their terms.”
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He added: “We deserve respect, we expect respect, and I’m sure we’ll get it in due course, again, and then we can have these discussions.”
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Trump said Carney plans to visit the White House within the next week.
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“I think we’re going to have a great relationship. He called me up yesterday. He said ‘Let’s make a deal,’” Trump told reporters Wednesday, calling Carney “a very nice gentleman.” The Canadian dollar rose on those remarks.
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On Carney’s plans to expand Canada’s trade relationships with other countries, he told the BBC that “one would think” a free trade deal with the UK is very achievable. Canada could also expand its integration with “like-minded” countries, he said, citing defense as an example. Talks for a post-Brexit UK-Canada trade deal previously faltered partly due to disagreements relating to cheese.
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