Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc leaves the Métis Major Projects Summit in Ottawa on Aug. 7. He met with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in Washington on Tuesday.

Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc met with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in Washington on Tuesday in a bid to restart stalled trade talks.

Mr. LeBlanc’s spokesman, Jean-Sébastien Comeau, said the pair had a “constructive, lengthy” morning meeting, which was also attended by Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., and Marc-André Blanchard, Prime Minister Mark Carney ’s chief of staff. The sit-down is the first since Mr. Carney further rolled back retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. last week.

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