Lutnick, LeBlanc to Meet After Canada Drops Counter-Tariffs (2)

Dominic LeBlanc, the Canadian cabinet minister leading US trade talks, will travel to Washington to meet with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick just days after Canada pledged to remove most of its retaliatory tariffs on US goods.

“We are looking, I hope, for an agreement that will put us in a better position than we are right now,” LeBlanc said Monday in a French-language radio interview on Canada’s public broadcaster.

LeBlanc said the two sides have discussed “circumstances that are very interesting for the American government,” without providing further details. But in exchange, Canada would need to see improvements in ...