Trump and Canada Carney contain the first call against the background of the current trade war

US President Donald Trump states that he had an “extremely productive” first call with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Karni, amid a permanent trade war between two neighbors.

In the truth of the social fasting, Trump said he would both meet “immediately” after the upcoming elections in Canada on April 28 to discuss “politics, business and all other factors.”

Karni, who is currently in the midst of the election campaign, called the call “very constructive”, adding that he told the president that Canada “would implement tariffs for retaliation to protect Canadian workers.”

On April 2, it is planned for 25% of car import tariffs to come into force, which can be devastating to the Canadian automotive industry.

Historically, Canadian leaders prefer an early call with their American counterpart shortly after they became prime minister.

The call between Karni and Trump, however, is the first after the new Prime Minister took over on March 14.

Canadian The Prime Minister’s Office reported Both leaders agreed to start comprehensive negotiations on new economic relations and security immediately after the election.

“At this time, the leaders agreed that the conversations between the Minister of International Trade and the Intergovernmental Affairs and the President of the Council of the Secret Camers on Canada, Dominic Lebenko and the Secretary of the United States Trade Lutnik, will intensify to resolve immediate concerns,” the statement said.

The US president’s tone on Friday stood unlike his past statements about Canada, especially his frequent strikes in Carney’s predecessor Justin Trudu, whom he called “Governor Trudu.”

In addition to the tariff guidance, Trump has repeatedly suggested that Canada should become a 51st US state – an idea that caused a broad reaction among the Canadians.

On Thursday evening, Carney said the US “no longer securely traveled” and that the old Canada’s old relations with the US “ended”.

Carney, headed by Canada’s Liberal Party, has promised to introduce tariffs for retaliation with “maximum impact” in the United States.

On Friday, he again handed Trump’s message, a statement said.

“The Prime Minister told the President that his government would carry out tariffs for the retaliation for the protection of Canadian workers and our economy after the announcement of additional US trading actions on April 2, 2025,” the statement reads.

US presidential authors can affect 500,000 jobs in the Canadian automotive industry.

The US has already partially imposed a 25% tariff on Canadian goods, as well as 25% for all aluminum imports. So far, Canada avenged about $ 60 billion ($ 42 billion; £ 32 billion) tariffs for US goods.

The new tariffs for the car will come into force on April 2, and the next day the vehicles starting with vehicles begin, the White House said. Taxes should start in May or later.

The US and Canadian relations became a key electoral issue in Canada’s general election.

Pierre Paylivre, the leader of the Conservatives, the main opposition party, called the tariffs “unjustified and not proven”, while the left leader of the NDP NDP Yagmet Singh called them “treason.”

Trump also warned Canada from working with the European Union against the US mutual tariffs, which are expected to be announced quickly.

According to him, any effort, he said, will be met with “large -scale tariffs, much greater than planned now.”