Carney has a ‘weak hand’ in Trump negotiations: Shuv Majumbar

As the deadline for new U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports looms next week, the Conservative Party is criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for falling short on trade negotiations. In an interview, Conservative MP Shuv Majumdar, the party’s shadow minister for Canada-U.S. relations, expressed concern over the ongoing talks. Majumdar contends that the Liberals have put Canada in a vulnerable position ahead of the Aug.

19 deadline and that U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has failed to leverage Canada’s strengths to build leverage against Washington. Members of the opposition party assert that Trudeau has been too generous with concessions without securing any reciprocal gains from the Trump administration. The Conservatives argue that the prime minister must stop making unilateral concessions and start using Canada’s advantages to their advantage in these crucial negotiations.