Prime Minister Mark Carney said he plans to visit Washington next week to attend the FIFA World Cup draw, and expects to speak with U.S. President Donald Trump there.

But he also downplayed expectations for the trip, which comes several weeks after Trump abruptly ended trade talks in anger over Ontario Premier Doug Ford's anti-tariff ad campaign that invoked Ronald Reagan.

“I don’t want to over-signal things,” Carney said at a news conference on Wednesday. “What matters is negotiations, when they re-engage. They haven’t re-engaged yet, so that’s the fundamental point.”

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