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President Trump met face-to-face Friday with the prime minister of Canada and president of Mexico, although it wasn't the typical setting for a meeting of world leaders. CBS News White House reporter Olivia Rinaldi has more.
President Trump met with both Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum as well as Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday, while on the sidelines of the 2025 FIFA World Cup draw.
The U.S. learns two of its opponents and possibilities for the third in group-stage play, which will include two games at SoFi Stadium.
The three nations are preparing for a review of their trade pact amid rising US tariffs and threats by Washington to withdraw from the USMCA.
The FIFA World Cup draw offers a friendly, in-person chance for the leaders of Mexico and Canada to discuss favorable terms for a new trade deal with President Donald Trump. On Friday at noon, Trump,
President Sheinbaum joined Trump and Carney on the Kennedy Center stage in Washington for the FIFA World Cup draw.
MEXICO CITY, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday she will travel to Washington for the draw of the 2026 soccer World Cup, and will also meet with U.S. President Donald Trump and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Trump, speaking to reporters ahead of the FIFA World Cup draw in Washington, said he was "getting along very well with both leaders. He was later seen speaking with Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney on the sidelines of the event, video of the FIFA gathering showed.
President Donald Trump praised cooperation between the U.S., Canada and Mexico at Friday’s World Cup draw, even as divisions over North American trade and immigration policy threaten to overshadow next year’s global soccer tournament hosted by the three neighbouring countries.
US President Donald Trump met on Friday with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, with the talks partly focused on the future of a North American free trade deal.
Canada and Mexico should not be used as export hubs for China, Vietnam, Indonesia and other countries, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Thursday, saying that this was already happening in some cases in Mexico.