WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday as trade negotiations continue.

Carney will travel to the United States capital Monday ahead of the meeting. It will be his second visit to the White House since he became prime minister.

The Prime Minister's Office said in a news release that Carney's visit will focus on shared priorities in a new economic and security relationship between Canada and the United States.

Ottawa has been trying to find an off-ramp from Trump's sectoral tariffs, which are hammering Canada's steel, aluminum and automobile industries.

The Trump administration is also increasing duties on lumber later this month.

Trump pushed tariffs on Canadian goods to 35 per cent in August but those duties do

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