Incoming Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he’s ready to meet with U.S. Donald Trump if he respects Canadian sovereignty and is open to talk about a common approach to trade

Carney, 59, will take the reins of his country at a time when it is locked in a trade war with the U.S., its largest trade partner.

Canada’s Liberal Party has found Justin Trudeau’s replacement in former career banker Mark Carney. Carney, who will soon be sworn in as Prime Minister, is the Liberal Party’s great, bland, hope — an amnesia pill for Canadians dissatisfied with failson Trudeau’s embarrassing and catastrophic nine-year Prime Ministry.