Quebec’s new premier to begin 1st foreign mission to Washington - BERITAJA

Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette will recreation to Washington connected Monday for her first charismatic overseas mission.

She will get location conscionable arsenic the U.S. superior has been shaken by what appears to beryllium different assassination effort targeting President Donald Trump.

The sojourn comes conscionable 2 months earlier waste and acquisition negotiations statesman connected the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, scheduled for July 1.

Quebec companies person been importantly impacted by a bid of tariffs introduced by the Trump management since he took agency successful 2025.

During her visit, Fréchette is scheduled to meet Canada’s ambassador to the United States, Mark Wiseman, and participate successful a roundtable pinch American and Canada–U. S. business associations.

She besides plans to clasp talks pinch legislature contacts whose names person not been disclosed.

The United States remains Quebec’s apical trading partner, receiving 73.5 per cent of its exports successful 2024, worthy $91.2 billion. The exports chiefly dwell of aerospace products, aluminum, craft engines, and mineral equipment specified arsenic gold, silver, platinum group metals and their alloys.