Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has hailed several new trade agreements, pledging to further diversify Ottawa’s partners while saying he “expects” the United States to respect his country’s sovereignty. Carney discussed the trade deals during a meeting on Thursday with provincial and territorial leaders. Carney highlighted in particular a new agreement with China to lower trade levies. Carney’s pledge to diversify Canada’s portfolio of trade and security partners comes just eight days after he delivered an attention-grabbing speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Advertisement“We expect the US administration to respect Canadian sovereignty,” Carney replied.