Carney, Trump and Sheinbaum meeting at 2026 World Cup draw in Washington D.C.

By Canadian Press on December 5, 2025.

WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney is meeting privately today with U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, with no staff in the room.

Trump said earlier today the three leaders would talk about trade during their meeting at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and that he gets along well with both leaders.

This is the first private meeting between Carney and Trump since the U.S. president abruptly ended trade talks in October in response to an anti-tariff ad sponsored by the Ontario government.

Trade relations between the three nations were upended earlier this year by Trump’s sweeping sectoral tariffs.

The Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade, known as CUSMA, has shielded Canada and Mexico from broad-based tariffs, but the agreement enters its mandatory review period next year.

Trump said Wednesday he sees the deal expiring next year and mused about letting it die.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 5, 2025.

Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press