Bessent says Carney not ‘doing the best job’ for Canada amid China trade talks

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent accused Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney of turning Canada into “an opening that the Chinese pour cheap goods in” on Sunday.

Bessent appeared on ABC News’s This Week to address Carney’s recent deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping to lower tariffs mutually. Canada will lower its tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles from 100% to 6.1%, which Bessent condemned.

“We can’t let Canada become an opening that the Chinese pour cheap goods into the U.S.,” Bessent said. “I’m not sure what Prime Minister Carney is doing here, other than trying to virtue signal to his global friends at Davos. I don’t think he is doing the best job for the Canadian people.”

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Bessent noted