US-Canada Trade Deal

Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked Canadian provinces to end US alcohol ban as trade deal nears.

Trade negotiators met on Thursday for the fourth time in as many days after US President Donald Trump paused a new wave of tariffs he had threatened to impose overnight on a range of Canadian goods.

Details on what the agreement includes have not yet been announced, but premiers of Canada's provinces said Carney had asked them to end to the boycott of US whiskey and other alcohol.

Reports suggest the deal may cover Canadian steel, aluminium and cars, in addition to US booze.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday after a 45-minute meeting with his Canadian counterpart, US trade representative Jamieson Greer said the US was

Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked Canadian provinces to end US alcohol ban as trade deal nears.

Trade negotiators met on Thursday for the fourth time in as many days after US President Donald Trump paused a new wave of tariffs he had threatened to impose overnight on a range of Canadian goods.

Details on what the agreement includes have not yet been announced, but premiers of Canada's provinces said Carney had asked them to end to the boycott of US whiskey and other alcohol.

Reports suggest the deal may cover Canadian steel, aluminium and cars, in addition to US booze.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday after a 45-minute meeting with his Canadian counterpart, US trade representative Jamieson Greer said the US was 'very happy' and that the deal eliminated

Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked Canadian provinces to end US alcohol ban as trade deal nears. Trade negotiators met on Thursday for the fourth time in as many days after US President Donald Trump paused a new wave of tariffs he had threatened to impose overnight on a range of Canadian goods.

Details on what the agreement includes have not yet been announced, but premiers of Canada's provinces said Carney had asked them to end to the boycott of US whiskey and other alcohol. Reports suggest the deal may cover Canadian steel, aluminium and cars, in addition to US booze.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday after a 45-minute meeting with his Canadian counterpart, US trade representative Jamieson Greer said the US was 'very happy' and that the deal eliminated 'some of the irritants' with Canada. The US may also lower its headline tariff rate on Canadian-made vehicles from 25% to 15%, according to reports from US and Canadian media.

The prime minister met his cabinet and leaders of Canadian provinces on Wednesday afternoon to brief them. Following Carney's meeting, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston said the prime minister asked provinces to return US alcohol to Canadian markets. 'It's been something that has kind of really bothered the United States for so many reasons,' Houston said.

Most Canadian provinces banned US alcohol sales last year in retaliation to Trump's tariffs. The US wine and spirits industry says they have seen exports to Canada drop by more than 70% since the boycott went into effect early last year. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said his government is not keen to restore US alcohol sales but would in order to present a united Canadian front.

'I wouldn't say that he was begging us, but what is a step before begging?' Kinew said of Carney's request to the premiers, adding that he believed that bringing US alcohol sales back is imperative for finalising the deal. The US has been asking for a number of concessions from Canada, including removing its remaining retaliatory tariffs on American vehicles and adjusting its dairy quotas to allow greater access for US cheese producers.

US-Canada trade minister Dominic LeBlanc has said that Canada's dairy supply management programme - which oversees production quotas and sets pricing and import quotas on dairy, eggs and poultry - will remain 'entirely intact'. Quebec premier Christine Fréchette, whose province is home to Canada's dairy industry, said she spoke to