Vance Meets Canadian PM Carney in Rome as U.S. Tariffs Remain on Canadian Goods

Vice President JD Vance met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in Rome on May 18, 2025, during the Vatican diplomatic trip. Carney had won Canada's April 2025 election on a platform of economic sovereignty and resistance to U.S. tariffs; the Rome meeting was one of the first formal bilateral engagements between the two governments since Carney took office, with the administration's 25 percent tariffs on Canadian goods still in place and trade talks not yet formally opened.