Carney calls for new US-Canada partnership to ‘help make America great again’

Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney has called for a new relationship with the United States to “help make America great again”. In a speech delivered in New York on Thursday, Carney said that there should be a “true partnership” that reimagines cooperation in specific sectors challenged by global competition. He made the remarks ahead of the mandatory review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in July. Carney said Canada was diversifying away from the US and signing trade deals with dozens of countries around the world. “Our core objective across these partnerships is to increase our strategic autonomy. Because we live in a world where integration has been weaponised. Because a country that cannot feed, fuel or defend itself is not truly sovereign,” Carney said. Donald Trump’s actions – including launching a trade war and suggesting Canada become the 51st US state – have infuriated Canadians and created the political environment for Carney to win the job of prime minister after promising to confront Trump. The Canadian prime minister has emerged as a spokesperson for a movement of countries looking to find ways to link up and counter the US under Trump. Carney has set a goal for Canada to double its non-US exports in the next decade, saying US tariffs are causing a chill in investment. “Canada strong will help make America great again. The examples are legion where we should work together and compete with the world together. …