# In his first speech as Canada’s new prime minister, Mark Carney says negativity won’t win a trade war as the country faces a tariff standoff with US president Donald Trump. Carney says he will visit France and the UK on his first overseas trip in the job, adding that he currently has no plans to meet Trump, but he was looking forward to speaking to him. He labelled the US secretary of State Marco Rubio’s comment that Canada would become the US’ 51st state crazy.
Canada will never be part of US, says Carney in first speech as prime minister