{"id":642311,"date":"2026-05-02T04:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T04:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/642311\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T04:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T04:46:11","slug":"canada-wont-leverage-energy-or-critical-minerals-in-u-s-trade-talks-carney-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/642311\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada won\u2019t \u2018leverage\u2019 energy or critical minerals in U.S. trade talks, Carney says"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks in his office in Ottawa on Friday.Spencer Colby\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will not use energy or critical minerals as \u201cleverage\u201d in coming trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n

But Carney suggested further integration with the United States in those sectors \u2013 highly coveted by the Trump administration \u2013 remains in question.<\/p>\n

\u201cI reject that characterization of, \u2018It\u2019s leverage.\u2019 It\u2019s looking at, is it in our mutual interest to trade more? Where is it? And if it\u2019s not there, we have other options,\u201d Carney said Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cShould we be further integrating our energy markets with the United States at a time they view that as, quote, \u2019leverage\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n

Carney\u2019s comments come as his government grapples with damaging U.S. tariffs that remain locked in place as a scheduled review of the continental free trade pact approaches.<\/p>\n

Carney pointed to the plight of Canada\u2019s \u201cincredibly\u201d integrated automobile market, which he said is at risk of being \u201cpulled apart\u201d by U.S. tariffs.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told a group of visiting Canadian politicians, trade envoys and businesspeople in Washington that Canada should not attempt to use its energy and natural resources as leverage in negotiations on the continental free-trade pact.<\/p>\n

Greer said the administration is looking to work with Canada on energy and critical minerals development in ways that would benefit both countries.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s trade czar says U.S. wants to work with Canada on energy, critical minerals, sources say<\/a><\/p>\n

Carney granted a rare series of interviews to journalists this week, including The Canadian Press, CBC News and the French-language newspaper La Presse, to mark the one-year anniversary of his electoral victory and highlight some of his accomplishments.<\/p>\n

He talked up a marked improvement in federal-provincial relations over the past year and the creation of new federal offices to speed up industrial project approvals and major government purchases for the military.<\/p>\n

Carney also defended former prime minister Justin Trudeau\u2019s record on trade and his handling of Trump. He credited his predecessor with successfully negotiating the CUSMA agreement during Trump\u2019s first term in the White House.<\/p>\n

The Canadian Press asked Carney if he understands Trump and his notions about the \u201cart of the deal\u201d better than Trudeau did, given the stark change in the tone of the relationship with the U.S. President that happened when Carney succeeded Trudeau.<\/p>\n

Carney said he\u2019s learned over the past year that Trump prefers being spoken to directly but respectfully, and abhors statements cloaked in \u201cflattering language.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carney said that CUSMA \u201cstands the test of time\u201d and added he believes most of the trade pact will survive its upcoming renewal.<\/p>\n

\u201cMuch of it will be retained. Some things are going to have to change, but we\u2019re looking to make sure they change in a way that\u2019s in Canada\u2019s interest,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks in his office in Ottawa on Friday.Spencer Colby\/The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,45,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-642311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}