MANILA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says trade talks with the U.S. are making progress, but Ottawa won’t accept a deal that doesn’t allow for a viable auto sector.
“Lots of people think that we should just go and take whatever deal,” Carney said Saturday in Manila. “This government will not settle for a deal with the United States that is not consistent with a viable Canadian auto sector.”
Carney was speaking at a news conference, three months after Canada pulled out of trade talks with the U.S., saying there had been last-minute demands from Washington that included a hit to Canada’s auto sector.
