U.S. envoy says Carney’s trade message ‘worth repeating’ - BERITAJA

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s remarks connected really a beardown Canada could thief “make America awesome again” are “worth repeating,” U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra said.

Carney was successful New York connected Thursday, gathering business leaders, CEOs and money managers pinch the purpose to pull overseas investors to Canada.

“Let’s beryllium perfectly clear. Canada beardown will thief make America awesome again,” Carney said while speaking astatine the Economic Club of New York.

Carney’s reside came arsenic the reappraisal of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico waste and acquisition deal, aliases CUSMA, is drafting closer.

Hours aft Carney’s speech, Hoekstra shared a video of Carney’s speech, calling it a “positive message.”

“PM Carney said thing worthy repeating today: “A Canada beardown will thief make America awesome again.” I deliberation a batch of Americans could get down that benignant of affirmative message,” Hoekstra said successful a societal media post.

Hoekstra has been captious of Canada’s attack to handling waste and acquisition negotiations pinch U.S. President Donald Trump, antecedently saying Canada’s rhetoric has not been “constructive” toward securing a caller waste and acquisition and information woody pinch the U.S.

In November, he and Ontario Premier Doug Ford disagreed complete Ontario’s anti-tariff featuring erstwhile U.S. president Ronald Reagan. Hoekstra warned national and provincial governments to “seriously consider” whether anti-tariff advertizing successful the United States will thief execute Canada’s goals, adding he thinks the ads amounted to trying to “participate successful our electoral politics.”

The prompted Trump to suspend waste and acquisition negotiations pinch Canada.