High-level trade talks between Canadian and U.S. officials are trudging on this week in Washington, D.C., where Canada is looking to strike deals on specific economic sectors currently bedeviling trade relations between the two countries.
Dominic LeBlanc, the minister of Canada-U.S. Trade, Privy Council Clerk Michael Sabia and other officials are specifically focused in the short term on securing deals for the steel, aluminum and energy sectors.
“As Canada works towards an agreement with the United States, Minister LeBlanc is in Washington, D.C., this week for further engagements with senior U.S. officials,” Jean-Sebastien Comeau, LeBlanc’s spokesperson, told CBC News.
At the end of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to Washington last week, LeBlanc said the Canadian delegation’s meetings with U.S.
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