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Carney says US is moving toward Canada's trade position

Washington predicts a deal soon, but Canadian sources describe major obstacles as the US midterms add urgency to negotiations.

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0:37Katie Simpson links Washington's trade urgency to midterm election pressure in Michigan and Ohio.
3:15Louis Blouin reports major obstacles remain; Canada wants a broader agreement than cars and steel alone.
9:21Carney says progress reflects the US moving closer to Canada's position.
12:09Asked whether an agreement would be honored, Carney says he does not know.
16:07Kate Harrison calls for transparency about negotiating terms and acceptable tariff levels.
23:00Rob Russo warns that election messaging and a possible Republican defeat create uncertainty for Canada.

Mark Carney and Donald Trump are offering sharply different accounts of why Canada-US trade talks are advancing. Trump says Canada is willing to give Washington anything; Canada's prime minister says the movement is coming from the American side.

"To the extent any progress has been made, it's because the U.S. is coming closer to our position," Carney says in footage carried by Canada's Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) News program Power & Politics.

The discussion, hosted by David Cochrane, examines the distance between renewed negotiations and an agreement that Canada could accept and trust. White House National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett says the sides are "very close" to a deal. Radio-Canada parliamentary bureau chief Louis Blouin reports a more cautious Canadian assessment: talks have accelerated, but major obstacles remain, and Ottawa wants something broader than an agreement covering only cars and steel.

Washington correspondent Katie Simpson links the White House's urgency to the November 3 midterm elections, particularly political pressure in border states such as Michigan and Ohio. She also describes Canadian skepticism about whether another agreement would provide lasting certainty, given the Trump administration's unpredictability.

That concern reaches Carney directly. Asked by journalist Marika Walsh whether a deal would be honored, he responds: "I don't know that."

The panel then separates the prospect of an announcement from the question of a durable settlement. Former Trudeau adviser Vandana Kattar argues that Canada should prioritize stable supply chains over a short-term deal. Conservative political analyst Kate Harrison calls for clearer information about Ottawa's negotiating terms and what tariff levels it would accept. Cochrane presses a narrower transparency question too: could the government at least say how often officials are meeting?

Former NDP national campaign director Brad Lavigne argues that living costs, gas prices and tariffs are pressuring Republicans, making a pre-election agreement attractive to Trump. The Economist's Rob Russo offers two reasons for Canadian caution: Washington's optimistic messaging could be intended to influence swing voters, and a Republican Senate defeat could produce renewed hostility toward Canada. These are the panelists' assessments, not announced negotiating outcomes.

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