Trump says US is close to a trade deal with Canada, days after call with Carney

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States is close to making a trade deal with Canada. In an interview with Fox News, Trump said: "Canada is very good, we're going to make a deal with Canada very soon. We're going to make a great deal." (Cover photo is a file photo of the US and Canadian flags.)

Latest word after Sunday's call

Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke on Sunday about a trade deal, which Trump said would be "great for our farmers." Carney said on X: "Our teams will now be working in the coming weeks to deliver that outcome." Tuesday's remarks are the latest public word from the top of the US administration since that call, but no deal text, specific tariff arrangements or firm timetable has been published, so the remarks should not be read as a concluded agreement.

Tariff dispute and midterm backdrop

Reuters notes that Canada and the United States have slapped billions of dollars in tariffs on each other in recent months, and that tariffs on Canada have become an issue in northern US border states such as Michigan and Maine ahead of Tuesday's US midterm elections. Whether a deal lands, and whether tariffs change with it, will depend on what the two teams produce in the coming weeks.