Canada Touts US Oil Trade Before Minister’s Talks With Greer (1)

The office of Canada-US Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc stressed the importance of “maintaining the highly integrated North American energy market” ahead of talks in Washington with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.

LeBlanc and Janice Charette, Canada’s chief negotiator to the US, are scheduled to meet Greer on Tuesday before returning to Ottawa the same day. The trip comes as pressure builds on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to show Canada is still engaged with the US on trade.

US and Mexican negotiators began formal talks last week on potential changes to the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, but no date ...