Carney warns voters as Trump seeks concessions

Trade tensions: Pedestrians walking past the central bank office in Ottawa. Trump has made a number of complaints about trade – saying Canada makes it too hard for the United States to do business in sectors including banking and dairy. — Reuters

OTTAWA: Mark Carney says he expects US President Donald Trump to try to extract “major concessions” from Canada in negotiations, and that he takes seriously the president’s stated desire to turn the country into a US state.

“Take what the president says literally. I take it literally. I always have,” the Canadian prime minister told reporters on the final weekend before national elections.