Carney Says Canada Met With European Suppliers Amid F-35 Review
Canada's prime minister Mark Carney speaks during a news conference at the NATO summit in The Hague, on June 25.
Photographer: Lina Selg/BloombergPrime Minister Mark Carney said he met with European defense suppliers about jets and submarines, and expects to conclude a review of a major contract for Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35 jets as soon as this summer.
The remarks came minutes after he signed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization pledge to increase core defense spending as a share of gross domestic product to 3.5% from 2% over a decade. Carney has said Canada should stop sending the vast majority of its defense dollars to the US, after President Donald Trump imposed punishing tariffs and repeatedly said Canada should be an American state.