Canada Shifts Focus from US to EU Amid Trade Tensions

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney has been pushing for the country to become less dependent on the United States, following President Donald Trump's trade policies. For nearly four decades, Canada built its economy around closer integration with the US, but Trump has turned that dependence into leverage, imposing tariffs and threatening Canadian sovereignty.

In response, Carney is building a new relationship with Europe, aiming to reduce Canada's reliance on any single country without ceding control over its own decisions. He recently met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and plans to attend the European Parliament's State of the Union address.

Carney wants to double non-US trade over the next decade, aiming for a free-trade deal with India by the end of this year. He believes Canada can offer stability, rule of law, and reliability as an alternative to Trump's America, which uses tariffs and uncertainty as leverage.