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Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Canada’s designated PM Mark Carney meets Trudeau as Trump threat looms

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Mark Carney speaks to Justin Trudeau after Carney was announced as the winner of the party leadership in Ottawa on Sunday. Photograph: Canadian Press/Rex/Shutterstock

Canada’s incoming prime minister, Mark Carney, has met with Justin Trudeau as the pair discuss a transfer of power after the former central banker’s landslide victory at the Liberal party’s leadership race.

The meeting on Monday sets the stage for an imminent federal election and gives Canada a fresh leader to square off against the United States president, with the two countries locked in a bitter trade war provoked by Donald Trump.

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