Canada Shifts Away from US in Wake of Trump's Trade Leverage

For nearly four decades, Canada's economy was built around closer integration with the United States. However, under President Donald Trump, that dependence has turned into leverage.

Trump has imposed tariffs and threatened Canada's sovereignty, openly seeking to pull Canadian industrial production south.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is responding by building a future in which Canada is less dependent on America.

Carney is moving away from trade talks with the US and instead focusing on reducing dependence on his country's southern neighbor.