SriLanka, Sept. 4 -- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Thursday that his government was ready to sign a trade deal with the U.S. that benefits both countries, adding that any agreement would need to have stability and credibility.

"The deal that's possible, that's in the interests of Canadian workers, families and businesses, is also the deal that is in the interests of American families, American businesses, American consumers, and ... we're ready to sit down and strike that deal when the Americans are ready," Carney told reporters in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Carney dismissed recent comments by U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that Canada had walked away from a trade deal because of dom...