US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra says that the renewed 51. Rhetoric of the state of President Donald Trump can be considered a compliment, which suggests that this is how Prime Minister Marek Carney sees.
In an interview with CBC Power & PoliticsThe Hoekstra suggested that Carney perceived comments as “the date of recognition,” and explaining the leader of Canada “he did not use the word.”
Asked if Canadians should also see 51. A state conversation as a chair of capture, the Hoekstra said: “They see how they want.”
In an interview with Fox News at the weekend, Trump repeated his belief that Canada should be a US state.
“Canada is completely based on the United States, we do not rely on Canada,” he said.
Trump's ambassador in Ottawa claims that these comments should be taken into account how two leaders get along since Carney became the prime minister.
“President Trump does not invite people to his team, which he does not like, who he did not trust, whom he does not respect. You know that he wants a strong team,” said Hoestra in an interview with the hospitable host Catherine Cullen a day before Canada.
The US ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra claims that the president's team has long explained that Canadian tax on digital services is a “red line” and stopping it took Canada from the “rear line” to the American trade agreement and returned it to the front. Hoekstra claims that Prime Minister Mark Carney describes 51. State comments as a “term of office”.
Rhetoric repeated itself this weekend, when the US briefly ended all professional discussions with Canada regarding digital services tax (DST) in which American companies such as Amazon, Google, Meta, Uber and Airbnb paid three percent of revenues from Canadian users.
Politics, with the taxes determined on Monday, would apply with reverse power, leaving American companies with an account for $ 2 billion.
Canada immediately dismissed DST on Sunday evening, which paved the way of Canada and the USA to resume commercial negotiations on Monday morning. Carney told journalists that both countries were holding Previously agreed date on July 21 Bearing in mind during trade talks.
US press secretary Karoline Leavitt told journalists that Canada “dotted” to Trump in tax appeal.
In response to the reporter's question about commercial conversations with Canada, the press secretary of the White House Karoline Leavitt said that Prime Minister Mark Carney “Caved” to US President Donald Trump after the latter said on Friday that she was finishing discussions due to tax on digital services. The Canadian government announced late Sunday evening that the tax would appeal.
Hoekstra said Power & Politics This “cave” is not as he would describe it, but that Canada knew that DST was a “red line” for the USA
The tax meant that Canada “moved from the front of the line to the back of the line” in Trump's negotiations with the countries. Canada is now “back at the front of the line,” he said.
Path forward
After eliminating DST, Trump has other many years of reservations that may become barriers in progress.
Trump repeated his complaints about the Steep Canada tariffs for the import of eggs, dairy products and poultry at the weekend, which, he claims, flaws of American farmers. Many tariff rates that he often quotes Rarely, if at all,.
Just before breaking for the summer, the Parliament adopted the C-202 Act, which will pour the government against concessions that affect the management of agricultural pads during commercial negotiations.
Hoekstra said he didn't think C-202 as an obstacle to the contract.
He said he had a “strong conviction” that “the prime minister could probably find a way to make parliament to do (his), just like the president today” to conclude a contract.
“Prime Ministers and presidents have great power.”