Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 8-US President Trump met with Canadian Prime Minister Carney at the White House on the 7th to discuss the economic and trade friction between the two countries, saying that there was a "natural conflict" between the United States and Canada, and once again mentioned Canada's "merger" into the United States.

"Merger of the two countries"

According to the U.S. cable news network, in order to bear Trump¡¯s favour, Carney took careful consideration, including his own dress. Carney hit a deep red grid tie, which is a representative of the Republican party of Trump, and I wore red for you,¡± Carney told Trump.

During the White House Oval Office joint media meeting, Carney opened the white calendar of Trump "in recent months", and Trump suddenly joked about "including the merger of Canada and the United States."

The United States and Canada are close neighbors and traditional allies, and Trump has repeatedly said that Canada should be merged into the United States, so as to avoid the United States imposing high tariffs on Canadian products. Trump also repeatedly called Carney's predecessor Trudeau "the governor of the 51st state of the United States".

Carney, who made his first visit to the White House in May after taking office as prime minister, then, on the subject of "incorporating" Canada to the United States, he once quipped Trump, saying "Canada is always a non-selling goods", and the latter replied, "Never say forever."

Trump praised Carnegie on Sunday, calling him a ¡°world-class leader¡± and also called Carnegie a ¡°extremely popular prime minister¡±, but ¡°I made him very popular.¡±

¡°Natural conflict¡±

Regarding why the United States and Canada still failed to reach a tariff agreement, Trump said that although the United States and Canada "love each other", there is a "natural conflict".

Carney said he was reluctant to use the term "conflict" and that there is "competition" between the two countries in some areas and that viable agreements should be reached in those areas.

Before the meeting, Trump was asked if Carney would return empty-handed on his trip. He replied, "I think they will be very happy when they leave." However, he didn't explain the specific meaning of this sentence, saying only that "Canada will be treated fairly".

Trump also did not give a clear answer to the prospects of the US-Mexico-Canada agreement.

The Mexican Agreement is a trilateral trade agreement signed by the three North American countries in 2018 and officially entered into force in July 2020 and is scheduled to be renewed in 2026.The United States has raised the tariff rate on Canadian imports of U.S. goods other than the Mexican Agreement from 25% to 35% from August 1, while still imposing tariffs of 50% on products such as Canadian steel and aluminum.

pressure is huge

Agence France-Presse said that Carney had taken some compromises with Trump, but hardly got any rewards, so he was criticized in Canada. At the end of June, under the pressure of Trump, Carney cancelled the digital service tax on large American technology companies, and began to cancel some retaliatory tariffs on the United States in September.

Canadian Conservative Party leader Pierre Puvalier issued an open letter on Friday, shouting to Carney: ¡°If you return home with excuses, unfulfilled promises and photographs, you have defrauded our workers,, and the country.¡±

Daniel Beyland, a professor at McGill University in Canada, said,"Carney had no choice. He must come back from Washington with progress,"especially on steel and aluminum tariffs.

The US "Politico" website commented that although Carney received "nice words" from Trump, the two sides did not make a breakthrough on the tariff issue.

Dominica LeBlanc, Canada's Minister for Canada-US Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and Canada's Economic Integration, said that Carney and Trump focused on discussing trade relations between the two countries, including steel, aluminum and energy issues. The talks were "successful, positive and pragmatic," but "we still have some work to do." (Reporter: Hui Xiaoshuang)