EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is set to meet with U.S. officials next week, after recently saying she wants to see Canada double down on diplomacy and avoid any further escalations of their trade war.
A spokesperson for Smith says the premier had a previously planned personal trip to the United States but will take time out to speak with the officials, alongside Alberta's senior U.S. representative, Nathan Cooper.
The spokesperson says they will meet with the commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development, the head of the Nashville Chamber of Commerce and the CEO of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp.
Smith said Wednesday after Canada-U.S. trade talks fell apart last week that the United States had "no excuse for their behaviour" but that she didn't think Canada could win through "brute force."
She said Canadians officials need to keep telling their American counterparts that tariffs are destructive and promise to help once they are reversed.
Other Prairie politicians are also set to travel to the United States next week to talk trade, with one from Alberta and six from Saskatchewan headed to the annual Midwestern Legislative Conference in Minnesota.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 28, 2026.