Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford hold a press conference in Ottawa on Dec. 18, 2025. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada’s supply management system is off-limits in response to comments Dec. 17 from U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer that the policy is one of the major roadblocks to reaching a Canada-U.S. trade deal.
Carney’s comments came in the context of media questions about when a U.S.-Canada sectoral deal can be reached, with Carney saying it’s “unlikely” that will happen before the joint review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) next July.
