The US Republican Senator says he does not believe that President Donald Trump’s previous comments on Canada 51. The state is useful as these two countries have been locked in negotiations to achieve some kind of trade agreement.
Alaska Senate Lisa Murkowski was in Ottawa as part of a bilateral delegation meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday morning.
When talking after a meeting, journalists Murkowsk were asked about Trump’s tuust that Canada became part of the United States
“I can’t explain President Trump’s rhetoric from the 51st state. It is his statement (and) I think it is made very, very clear that most of them see it as being a positioning statement … maybe something restless,” he said.
“I don’t think it’s constructive, quite honestly. Certainly here in Canada, you can see that there is a direct hostility.”
After the November re-election, Trump has said several times that he wants to see Canada join the United States in its 51st state-in-state-his rhetoric has cooled in recent weeks.
Trump was asked about the idea that Canada joined the United States when he left the G7 meeting in Alberta last month and said that he thought the country would become a state.
“I think it’s a much better shop in Canada, but you know it is their job,” the president told journalists.
US President Donald Trump, who was requested after returning from the Alberta G7 Summit, of his repeated claims, Canada should be 51. The state said, ” As is the case, Canada should pay “lots” tariffs and join her proposed missile defense system, Trump said.
Trump and Carney have been negotiating to reach a trade agreement since the United States found a series of tariffs in Canada earlier this year. Carney had set a deadline for an agreement, which can be reached a few times, but has last pushed it back on August 1.
Murkowsk was joined by Ottawa Democratic Senators from Ron Wyden Oregon, Maggie Hassan from New Hampshire and Catherine Cortez Masto Nevada.
Carney talked to journalists for a moment by saying that he had a “good meeting” with the US delegation.
Senators showed the friendship bracelets of Canada and the United States, which they used for the meeting.
“Four senators here (from (from)) both political parties spent the morning working to build bridges, not throwing welfare,” Wyden said of the trade negotiations.
Wyden said that he and his colleagues covered several topics with Carney, including the tax on Canadian digital services and the timber of conifers.
The Federal Government overturned the tax on companies, including Amazon, Google, Meta, Uber and Airbnb last month after Trump asked for it to be removed.
On Monday, Wyden said that he wanted Canada to permanently kill legislation tax and suggest that Carney was open to the idea.
The Oregon Senator also told
“The behavioral tree is very important and we asked how we can promote this when dealing with it,” Wyden said.
Carney says the coniferous wood is an opportunity
Last week, the Prime Minister suggested that he is open to a trade agreement containing quotas.
“Usually there is some managed trade that comes out of all contracts coming there, it may contain quotas, may contain different trade factors,” Carney said.
The Prime Minister’s comments came after BC Prime Minister David Eby told the Bloomberg News that the coniferous wood was on the table with the United States
The timber for electric wood has been a contagious point in Canada and the United States for decades. Both countries have been without a coniferous store since 2015.
