Overview

• The conversation was their first since the two sides missed Trump’s August deadline for a trade deal.
• The leaders discussed a potential new economic and security relationship and ways to bolster long-term peace and security for Ukraine and Europe.
• U.S. tariffs raised to 35 percent earlier this month still apply, though goods compliant with the USMCA are exempt.
• The White House tied the tariff hike to fentanyl concerns even as U.S. data show minimal seizures at the northern border.
• In Washington, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand met Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Haiti, Ukraine talks, China and Gaza, and she joined 20 counterparts in condemning Israel’s approved West Bank settlement project.