OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Friday that Canada will remove Canada’s tariffs on U.S. goods covered by the existing trade agreement between the countries, but would keep in place Canadian tariffs on steel, aluminum and autos.

The announcement comes the day after Carney spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump by phone, the first conversation between both world leaders since early summer.

A short readout of the call by Carney’s office yesterday said the leaders had a “productive and wide-ranging conversation” in which they discussed “current trade challenges, opportunities, and shared priorities.”

It made no mention of Carney proposing to eliminate counter-tariffs on U.S. goods.

The move is certain to irritate proponents of an “elbows up” strategy who would like to see

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