Carney's carefully chosen backdrop in Washingtonpublished at 22:25 British Summer Time 6 May

22:25 BST 6 May

Nadine Yousif
Reporting from Toronto

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Prime Minister Mark Carney chose the Canadian embassy in Washington, DC - with its unique view of the Capitol dome behind him - as the backdrop for his comments today after his meeting with US President Donald Trump.

In many ways, the view serves as a reminder of Canada's enduring relationship with the US - the two have been steadfast allies for decades, sharing close economic, security and people-to-people ties.

It is from that perspective that Carney spoke of the need for Canada and the US to continue working together for the mutual benefit of both countries.

But the prime minister also acknowledged that the relationship is being redefined under Trump, and that the question remains how the two “will cooperate in the future".

He framed today as just the start of long and "complex" talks between the two leaders, and an opportunity to re-establish dialogue with the Trump administration ahead of those negotiations.

"I didn't expect white smoke to come out of this meeting," he told reporters, repeating a familiar line from recent days.

• We are ending our live coverage of the prime minister's visit to Washington, DC. Catch up with the latest news here: Carney tells Trump that Canada 'won't be for sale, ever'

Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting from the White House

US President Donald Trump just spoke at an event in the East Room of the White House, focused on US preparations for next year's football World Cup which will be hosted jointly with Canada and Mexico.

Trump was just asked about whether the tariff disagreements would complicate the event.

"I don't see any tension," Trump said. "We want to do what's right for our respective peoples."

While he said that the earlier meeting with Mark Carney was "great", he again repeated his claim that Canada - along with Mexico - "aren't paying enough".

A few minutes later, Trump again spoke positively of Carney.

"I haven’t called him Governor Carney yet," he said, a reference to his acrimonious relationship with former PM Justin Trudeau. "And maybe I won’t."

We just heard from Mark Carney at a solo press conference from the roof of the Canadian embassy in Washington DC. If you missed it, here's what you need to know:

• Carney described the discussions he and Donald Trump had as "very constructive" and said their two countries are stronger when they work together
• He told reporters his focus during talks with his American counterparts was about what "we can control"
• Carney was asked multiple times about Trump's statements on making Canada the 51st US state and said he has always been clear to distinguish between "wish and reality" when speaking with Trump
• He remained tight-lipped about auto tariffs and when pressed about what was said during the two's private meeting, Carney joked with reporters: "That's why they are closed-door" discussions
• Carney also confirmed that he explicitly asked Trump to stop making remarks about annexing Canada and making it the 51st US state, though he did not say what Trump said in response

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford has given an assessment of how his country's prime minister represented Canada.

"I thought he did really well," Ford told reporters about Carney's Oval Office meeting with Trump. "He held his own. It's very obvious that President Trump likes Prime Minister Carney a lot more than he liked (former) Prime Minister Trudeau.”

Ford, from the opposition Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, has in recent weeks emerged as a strong voice against US tariffs on Canadian goods, including cars made in his province.

In March, he threatened to put a 25% levy on Ontario-made electricity transmitted to the US and said he would consider cutting about 1.5 million Americans from that power if US tariffs escalated. The decision was ultimately suspended.

He also banned US companies from bidding on provincial contracts and cancelled a $100mn (£75m) deal with Elon Musk's Starlink.

More cautious optimism from Carneypublished at 21:18 British Summer Time 6 May

21:18 BST 6 May

Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting from the White House

One of my major takeaways from today is that while Mark Carney has shown himself to be both cautious and diplomatic in his approach to Donald Trump, he's also firm.

He's also been extremely careful to not box himself into a corner, or promise a particular outcome, making sure to tell reporters during his news conference that Trump's willingness to negotiate tariffs "doesn't pre-suppose the outcome of the negotiation".

There will be "zigs and zags - difficult aspects to it", he said. "But the prospect is there."

Carney also said that Canadians would be "masters in our own home" while at the same time not publicly criticising or saying anything negative about Trump.

Despite there not being any agreement or announcement today, the Canadian delegation will likely leave Washington believing that the lack of bad news will have been perhaps the best possible outcome.

After all, it was just a day ago that Trump said he did "not know why" Carney was coming.

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Carney confirmed at the beginning of the news conference that President Trump will attend the G7 meeting in Kananaskis, Alberta next month.

The meeting from 15-17 June will bring other world leaders - including from Britain, Germany, and Japan - to the Canadian Rockies.

"We agreed to have further conversations in the coming weeks and we are looking forward to meeting in-person at the G7 summit," Carney said.

The final question put to Carney is how he knows whether the US is negotiating "in good faith".

Carney says it's a "process" and determination to be made over the course of the negotiations.

He says there was a "substantive" and "wide-ranging" discussion today.

He adds that there must be incentives within any agreement are "aligned" and "durably so".

And that's that. We'll wrap up the top lines for you shortly.

A journalist asks if Carney requested that Trump stop making remarks about annexing Canada - and making it the 51st US state.

"Yes. I asked him today," Carney says, but refuses to share Trump's response.

"He's the president, he's his own person," he adds.

Carney returned to comments he made earlier about the difference between "wish" and "reality".

"I've been very clear in public and private. He understands that we're having a negotiation between sovereign nations," he says.

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Asked how long it could take for the US tariffs to be lifted, Carney bluntly says that he doesn't know "because we don't make that decision".

He says he "pressed the case" for lifting them during the talks with Trump.

He mentions the "scourge of fentanyl", saying that Canada has made "significant efforts" - including drone surveillance and raids - to stop the opioid crossing the border into the US.

Cai Pigliucci
Reporting from the Canadian embassy

Asked if he feels better or worse about Canadian relations with the US after today, Carney says he feels better about the “posture” or “positioning” Trump took toward Canada.

He adds that they have a lot more work to do - it’s clear he feels there are more conversations to come.

Carney’s mood seems fairly light. He’s cracked a few jokes in some of his answers, but has struck a serious tone when reiterating that Canada is not for sale.

Carney says they are in the middle of a complex negotiation and reminded the press that before the Oval Office meeting he said he wasn't expecting "white smoke," an apparent reference to the papal conclave.

It's all part of process of negotiation and sometimes we don't see the progress until much later, he adds.

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Asked about auto tariffs, Carney he says spoke about the sector with Trump.

They spoke about the strategic position of the Canadian-US auto industry versus foreign competition, including from Asia, and how it could be enhanced, Carney says.

He says Canadian auto companies and Canadian steel and aluminium companies all play a role in enhancing the competitiveness of US industry.

He's then asked what the pair said about China in their closed-door meeting - Carney will not say, joking "that's why they are closed door".

Carney says that during their talks the US president said he was open to a trade negotiation with Canada.

"This is a complex negotiation, there will be zigs and zags", he says, adding that Canada and the US are committed to working together.

Carney pledges to build "an economy that creates jobs, grows income and withstand shocks", stressing that it will be "an economy that works for everyone".

The Canadian prime minister says: "We can give ourselves far more than any foreign government can take away."

And he adds: "We'll be masters in our own home".

Cai Pigliucci
Reporting from the Canadian embassy

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Carney’s asked about his facial expressions while with Trump in the Oval Office, in reference to his reaction to Trump’s statements on making Canada a 51st state.

He says that he believes Trump often talks about his wishes, but that he has always been clear to distinguish between “wish and reality”.

"This is never going to happen," Carney says, "some things are never for sale".

He adds that he believes the meeting today "established a good basis" for the relationship moving forward.

Carney says the Canadians are focused on what "we can control".

He says Canadians will reinforce "our strength at home" including the nations security in an increasingly divided world, including at the border and in the Arctic.

Carney begins by saying that he and Trump met as leaders of two "sovereign, independent nations", in apparent reference to Trump's repeated push for Canada to become the "51st state".

He thanks the president and US officials for "very constructive discussions", and says he conveyed to the president that Canada and the US are stronger when they work together.

He says today marked "the end of the beginning" of the process of the changing relationship between Canada and the US as it has been so far known.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has just started speaking to the media - around two and a half hours since we saw with Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

We'll bring you the key lines here follow along by tapping watch live above.

Cai Pigliucci
Reporting from the Canadian embassy

We’re now up on a stone balcony at the Canadian embassy on the top floor with a view of the US Capitol behind the podium where Carney will speak in a few minutes time.

We expect to hear a brief opening statement from him and then he’ll take some questions.

What we’re looking for: what did he make of Trump?

We’ll be curious to know if any trade deals are on the horizon, and what else the pair discussed in their bilateral meeting earlier today. We’ll bring you more soon.

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One feature of Trump's Oval Office meetings with world leaders has been his tendency to go off topic - a style the US president has himself described as "the weave".

That was the case this time around, too, as the US president swerved from the Houthis, to "very big announcement", and various other subjects. (We've rounded up the main points from the meeting here.)

His first meander came when he touched on what an honour it was to have the Canadian prime minister in the "new and improved" Oval Office, which he said was becoming "more and more beautiful".

"We handle it with great love. And 24-carat gold. That always helps too, right?" he said.

The US president also spoke of having "a lot of fun" looking through pictures of former presidents to hang on the wall.

Each new president gets $100,000 (£78,000) to redecorate when they move in. Trump has chosen to go with a gold theme - adding it to the fireplace, the walls, ornaments and mirrors.

It's been a long-term feature of Trump's style - pictures of the interior of his Trump Tower penthouse show gold features heavily.

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