Davos, Mark Carney and Trump
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Carney had warned of a "rupture" in the world order in a headline-making speech.
In a filmed address delivered upon his return to Quebec City on Thursday, Carney—who also attended the World Economic Forum in Switzerland—firmly stated: “Canada does not live because of the United States. Canada thrives because we are Canadian.”
Washington and Ottawa are quarreling after the prime minister signaled smaller countries needed to fight back against America’s bullying.
Renewed verbal attacks from U.S. President Donald Trump are prompting Canadians to rally behind Prime Minister Mark Carney, who earned a rare standing ovation in Davos for openly decrying powerful nations using economic integration as weapons and tariffs as leverage.
In his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney accused President Trump of rupturing the world order through economic coercion.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has arrived in Beijing, aiming to repair relations with China. It's the first visit by a Canadian leader to China in nearly a decade.
The Canadian prime minister spoke after returning from the World Economic Forum where he urged middle powers to team up in resisting President Trump.
The world order is changing but not enduring a rupture, finance leaders said on Friday, pushing back on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s narrative that a new order, driven by major power coercion, was taking shape.