{"id":11252,"date":"2026-04-20T08:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T08:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/11252\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T08:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T08:21:10","slug":"canada-announces-major-shift-away-from-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/11252\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Announces Major Shift Away From US"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canadian prime minister Mark Carney<\/a> has said Canada<\/a>‘s strong economic ties with the U.S. are now a weakness that must be corrected.<\/p>\n

Speaking in a 10-minute video address released Sunday, Carney signaled that Canada was seeking new investments and trade deals with other countries after the impact of President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs.<\/p>\n

Canada and America’s relationship has deteriorated<\/a> since\u00a0Trump<\/a>\u00a0took office in January. The president has repeatedly called for Canada to join the U.S. and labeled it\u00a0the 51st state.<\/a>\u00a0The White House has also implemented numerous tariffs on its northern neighbor.<\/p>\n

\"\"What To Know<\/p>\n

“I will never sugarcoat our challenges,<\/a>” he said. “Instead, I will talk with you directly and regularly about our plan.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world as I said earlier is more dangerous and divided,\u201d Carney said. \u201cThe U.S. has fundamentally changed its approach to trade, raising its tariffs to levels last seen during the Great Depression.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of our former strengths, based on our close ties to America, have become weaknesses. Weaknesses that we must correct.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that workers affected by U.S. tariffs “are under threat” and uncertainty is resulting in lack of business investments.<\/p>\n

He said Canada should attract new investments and “new partnerships abroad so we can sell into new markets.”<\/p>\n

“It’s about taking back control of our security, our borders, and our future,” he said.<\/p>\n

He continued: “We can’t rely on one foreign partner. We can’t control the disruption coming from our neighbors.”<\/p>\n

To this end, he said Canada had signed “20 new deals on four continents in less than a year because Canada has what the world wants.” He also said he had increased defense investment.<\/p>\n

What Happens Next<\/p>\n

A review of the current\u00a0North American Free Trade Agreement, which is between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, is scheduled for July.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story. More to follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canadian prime minister Mark Carney has said Canada‘s strong economic ties with the U.S. are now a weakness…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17,235,6132,111,6133],"class_list":{"0":"post-11252","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-international-relations","11":"tag-mark-carney","12":"tag-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}