WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney is planning to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at a FIFA World Cup event Friday in Washington as trade negotiations between Canada and the United States remain on pause.

The Prime Minister’s Office said Carney will meet with Trump at the Kennedy Center, where the event is being held, and the meeting is expected to be brief. Carney is also set to meet with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.

The three leaders are attending the final draw for the World Cup, which is being co-hosted by the North American countries next year.

This will be the first in-person meeting of all three leaders ahead of next year’s mandatory review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade.

While North American diplomatic and trade relations have been upended by sw

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