OTTAWA - As Prime Minister Mark Carney prepared to enter the belly of the beast with his Oval Office meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, those representing Canadian industries threatened by Trump's tariffs were bracing themselves.

The Canadian auto industry, one of those suffering the most from steep U.S. tariffs, tempered expectations of the high-profile meeting between the two world leaders on Tuesday.

But Canadian steelworkers warned that it would be a grave political miscalculation for Carney to return empty-handed — a sentiment Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre pounced on in Monday's question period.

Representatives of the auto industry told The Canadian Press they'll be looking for positive signals — but not much more.

Brian Kingston, president of the Canadian

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