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   'I meant what I said': Carney says he explained his Davos speech to Trump   
   Carney says he told Trump he meant what he said in Davos speech   
      
   David Baxter   
   Tue, January 27, 2026 at 4:59 p. m. EST 3 min read   
      
   OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday he told U. S. President   
   Donald Trump personally that he meant what he said in his speech at the   
   World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last week.   
      
   Carney said Trump called him on Monday and they had a wide-ranging   
   conversation about global events including in Venezuela and Ukraine. Carney   
   also said he told the president Canada was the first country to   
   "understand" the change in U. S. trade policy and that Ottawa is now   
   adjusting to the shift.   
      
   "I meant what I said in Davos. It was clear it was a broader set of issues,   
   that Canada was the first country to understand the change in U. S. trade   
   policy that he had initiated, and we're responding to that, " Carney said   
   on his way into a cabinet meeting.   
      
   "We're responding positively by building partnerships abroad, we're   
   responding positively by building at home. And we are prepared to respond   
   positively by building that new relationship through (the continental trade   
   deal). He understood that and it was a good conversation. "   
      
   During his speech in Davos, Carney called on middle powers to band together   
   to counteract the effect of "great powers" that are trying to expand their   
   influence through economic coercion.   
      
   U. S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told American media outlet Fox News   
   on Monday he was in the room during the call and said Carney was   
   "aggressively walking back" his comments at Davos.   
      
   "Of course, Canada depends on the U. S. , " he said. "There's much more   
   north-south trade than there could ever be east-west trade. "   
      
   Carney shook his head and said "no" when asked if he had taken back his   
   Davos comments.   
      
   On Fox News, Bessent said Carney should stop trying to "push his own   
   globalist agenda. "   
      
   The prime minister told reporters he explained to Trump Canada's recent   
   tariff deal with China and Ottawa's broader strategy to diversify trade.   
      
   "I explained what we're doing — 12 new deals on four continents in six   
   months, he was impressed — and what we intend to do going forward, " Carney   
   said.   
      
   Trump threatened last week to impose 100 per cent tariffs on all Canadian   
   imports if Canada strikes a trade deal with China.   
      
   Conservative foreign affairs critic Michael Chong said it's "unacceptable"   
   that Canadians learned about the call between Carney and Trump through   
   American media.   
      
   In a statement posted on social media, Chong said it's in the public   
   interest for the Prime Minister's Office to share a public summary when   
   these calls happen, as it does with with other conversations between Carney   
   and world leaders.   
      
   "Canadians deserve the truth, " Chong wrote.   
      
   The last time the PMO published a summary of a conversation between Carney   
   and Trump was Aug. 21. Four summaries have been released by the PMO   
   detailing conversations between Carney and Trump, plus one of a meeting   
   with U. S. Vice-President J. D. Vance.   
      
   Canada-U. S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Monday he spoke with U. S.   
   Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and told him that Canada is not   
   pursuing a free trade deal with China.   
      
   LeBlanc said the agreement with China is meant to resolve specific tariff   
   issues, similar to action taken by the U. S. government last year on   
   soybeans.   
      
   Carney said the call with Trump was also about the review of the Canada-   
   United States-Mexico Agreement on free trade, or CUSMA, which is to begin   
   in earnest this year.   
      
   The prime minister said he also spoke to Trump about the situations in   
   Ukraine and Venezuela, and about Arctic security, but he did not share   
   details on how those talks went.   
      
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