Canada’s New Prime Minister Says He’ll Be Speaking Soon With Trump For The First Time

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a news conference at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on March 23, 2025 after asking the Governor General to dissolve Parliament thereby triggering snap elections on April 28. Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday called early elections for April 28, pledging to defeat Donald Trump’s drive to annex the United States’s huge northern neighbor. Carney, a former central banker, was chosen by Canada’s centrist Liberal Party to replace Justin Trudeau as prime minister, but he has never faced the country’s broader electorate. (Photo by Dave Chan / AFP) (Photo by DAVE CHAN/AFP via Getty Images)

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he will talk to U.S. President Donald Trump soon after Trump announced 25% tariffs on auto imports. Carney said Thursday that Trump reached out Wednesday night to schedule a call. Trump says that he’s placing 25% tariffs on auto imports. Carney said that “we will be speaking … in the course of the next day or two.” Carney was sworn in as Canada’s new prime minister on March 14. But he hasn’t spoken with Trump since taking office. It’s unusual for a U.S. president and Canadian prime minister to go so long without talking after a new leader takes office.