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This is John Batchel, conversation with colleague Mary Anastasio Grady,

the editor for the Americas for the Walser Turner editorial page,

about the upcoming G7 meeting in Canada.

And Mr. Carney, Prime Minister of Canada, and Ms. Shinebaum, President of Mexico,

look to the possibility of beginning to negotiate the USMCA, which is up for renewal in 2026. This may be the beginning of a settling of the

tariff question that's hanged over everyone since the Liberation Day in early April.

Mario Grady explaining what Mr. Carney may want to achieve. Well, one of the reasons I wrote

the column this week is because the G7 will be meeting in

Kananaskis, which is basically in the Canadian Rockies in Alberta, on June the 15th, so in just a few

days.

And Mr. Carney has invited Cloutia Shinebaum.

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