Prime Minister Mark Carney will soon travel to Europe in a bid to deepen economic and security ties with Germany .

Carney told reporters Friday he will meet with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin on Tuesday.

“Canada has a good partnership with Germany. It’s been built up over the years, but it can be much, much better and I’m confident that with this chancellor, and the focus of our government, that it will,” he said.

Carney said that he will be “picking up discussions” started with Merz in the spring when the pair met in Rome and later at the G7 summit in Alberta.

Carney said he will be looking to deepen opportunities under Canada’s trade pact with the European Union — the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA.

“There’s a broad range of areas, from criti

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