Carney, Trump and Sheinbaum met privately on sidelines of 2026 World Cup draw in D.C.

Prime Minister Mark Carney met privately Friday with U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in Washington, D.C., with no staff in the room.

The meeting, which happened at the Kennedy Center following the FIFA World Cup Draw, lasted about 50 minutes.

Trump said earlier in the day the three leaders would talk about trade during their meeting and that he gets along well with both Carney and Sheinbaum.

This was the first private meeting between Carney and Trump since the U.S. president abruptly ended trade talks in October in response to an anti-tariff ad sponsored by the Ontario government. The two were seated across the table and acknowledged each other during a toast at a dinner ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-Operation Summit in late October.

Trade relations between the three nations were upended earlier this year by Trump's sweeping tariffs.

The Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade, known as CUSMA, has shielded Canada and Mexico from broad-based tariffs, but the agreement enters its mandatory review period next year. The deal would expire in 2036 if the three parties do not agree to renew it before then.

The three countries are co-hosting the 2026 World Cup, but the shadow of CUSMA negotiations is likely to hang over the event.

Canada and Mexico have taken different approaches to the second Trump administration.

Carney has had two cordial meetings with the president at the White House. Friday's gathering was the first in-person meeting between Trump and Sheinbaum.

Trump boosted duties on Canada to 35 per cent in August but has continued to give extensions to Mexico, which is being hit by 25 per cent duties. Both countries are also being slammed by the president's separate tariffs on