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Trump, Carney and Sheinbaum Hold 45-Minute Private Trade Talk at World Cup Draw

No concrete decisions were announced as U.S. tariffs and the 2026 USMCA review loom over North American relations.

Overview

  • The three leaders met without staff for roughly 45 minutes at Washington’s Kennedy Center following the FIFA 2026 draw, according to Canadian officials.
  • Canada said the leaders agreed to keep working together on CUSMA/USMCA, while the White House provided no substantive details of the discussion.
  • Friday’s session was the first in-person meeting between President Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.
  • Trump said before the meeting he would raise trade and immigration, with sectoral U.S. tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods still in place.
  • The talks coincided with a highly produced event at which FIFA presented Trump with its inaugural peace prize.