Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney asserted that the US cannot dictate the terms of upcoming trade negotiations. The talks focus on revising a North American free trade agreement, a pact that the US has recently characterized as irrelevant.

The US does not get to dictate the terms of coming trade talks, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday, following reports Washington wants an “entry fee” before agreeing to open negotiations. The United States and Canada are set to hold talks on revising a North American free trade agreement, a pact US President Donald Trump signed and praised during his first term but now dismisses as “irrelevant”. Quoting multiple Canadian sources, Canada’s public broadcaster CBC reported on...