Bessent warns Carney to stop ‘virtue signalling’ as trade talks near

CBC: The Trump administration is once again ramping up its rhetorical pressure on Canada, with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issuing a fresh warning to Prime Minister Mark Carney over looming trade negotiations.

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“I would just encourage Prime Minister Carney to do what he thinks is best for the Canadian people, not his own virtue signalling, because we do have a USMCA negotiation coming up,” Bessent said, using the American acronym for the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA).

“I would not pick a fight going into USMCA to score some cheap political points.”…