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Prime Minister Mark Carney, fresh from Davos, urged Canada and other middle powers to coordinate an independent path from the United States, arguing Canada thrives because it is Canadian rather than 'living' off the U.S., as Trump-era tensions and a fading rules-based order shape Western politics.
Canada’s prime minister, speaking at Davos, argued that the postwar rules-based international order isn’t delivering and urged middle powers like Canada to pursue an independent, economically stronger foreign policy, deepen ties with Europe and Asia, push back on economic coercion, and consider a loose, coalition-style alternative to the U.S.-led system—while acknowledging practical steps and unknowns about how such a bloc would work.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned at the World Economic Forum in Davos that a rules-based global order is a fiction and urged smaller nations to form broad coalitions to resist self-interested moves by great powers, advocating honest assessment of the global landscape and new partnerships beyond the United States, including Canada’s push for diverse strategic ties and energy leadership.
At Davos, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned that the old world order won’t return and urged middle powers to form coalitions to resist economic coercion by great powers, reaffirmed Canada’s commitment to Greenland, Denmark and NATO, and called for flexible, values-based partnerships and diverse alliances amid shifting geopolitics.