Carney says Canada, US held detailed, technical trade talks at G7

June 18 (Reuters) - Canadian ‌Prime Minister ​Mark ​Carney said on Thursday he and his team had a series of discussions ‌on trade issues with U.S. officials at the ⁠G7 summit in France this week, including talks with ‌President Donald Trump.

"I had ‌a number of conversations with the president in parallel in the last few days at ​the G7 on a range of issues, including some of the commercial aspects," Carney told ⁠reporters at an event in Vancouver.

Carney described the talks as "a series ​of technical conversations" that were "very detailed."

Trump said on Wednesday that the United States would ​do better without the U.S.-Mexico-Canada ‌Agreement on trade and that he would prefer not to have a ⁠new one, but added that he was open to doing it.

The three countries need to approve a renewal ⁠of their existing agreement by July 1 or signal ​their intention to exit the pact, a process that would take 10 years and would buy time for alterations.

Carney ‌said "it's no secret" that Trump has been unhappy with the agreement, but added ‌there are a number of issues that Canada ⁠and the U.S. ‌can work on, ​including trade in forestry products.

(Reporting by Ryan Patrick Jones in Toronto; Editing by Caroline ‌Stauffer )

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