I can’t help but view this as diplomatic double speak, given that in his “Forward Guidance” clip that came out like, last month, he was explicitly saying integrations with the USA are a weakness.

It’d be entirely consistent though, for him / his govts approach, to be open to working together on specific non-critical areas, and in commodity trading, similar to some of the other partnerships / trade relationships they’ve been building up. S’why there’s that (certain) sectors phrasing. “Sure, we’ll integrate our lumber industry more with yours, if you stop that softwood lumber bullshit you’ve been doing, fortress north america! Autos too, since I mean, it was already integrated before you started your bullshit, we’d be totally fine providing you with cheaper car manufacturing as a reliable partner you’ve had that sort of deal with for DECADES before Trump showed up and started burning your country to the ground – we’d happily go back to being in an ‘integrated’ setup for that too! Fortress North America, guarding our auto market from the evils of America First bullshit!”