OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters on Tuesday he stands by his recent Davos speech that implicitly criticized the United States, after U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent told Fox News the prime minister walked back his remarks while speaking to the U.S. president. “I said this to the president, I meant what I said in Davos,” said Carney. “I explained to him our arrangement with China,” said Carney. On Saturday, Trump threatened a 100 per cent tariff on Canadian goods if Canada moved forward on a free trade deal with China. Trump also referred to Carney as “Governor Carney” in the social media post.

Source: National Post January 27, 2026 17:11 UTC