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President Trump hosts a White House meeting today with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
As Dan Karpinchuk reports from Toronto,
the two leaders are set to discuss trade, tariffs and security.
Carney was elected mainly on his campaign of being the best leader to deal with Trump.
The two have already had a couple of phone conversations described as positive.
Now, as Carney is set to arrive at the White House,
some analysts are concerned that he set the right tone,
a diplomatic balancing act, where he and Trump can find common ground,
while Carney holds firm on Canadian sovereignty.
They fear the specter of the dressing down of President Volodymyr Zelensky when he visited the White House.
Carney has already said the focus of the talks will be tariffs as well as the future economic and security relationship.
It's a high-stakes meeting for Carney,
who must stand up for Canada but walk a fine line in how he does it.