Carney Shifts Canada Away from US Dependence Amid Trump Trade Tensions

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is shifting his country's economic focus away from the United States, which has turned its dependence on Canada into leverage. For nearly four decades, Canada built its economy around closer integration with America, but President Donald Trump has imposed tariffs and threatened Canadian sovereignty.

Carney has rejected trade talks with the US, saying Ottawa cannot live with the terms offered. Instead, he is building a new relationship with Europe, which could make Canada an associate member of the European Union. This move would reduce Canada's dependence on any single country without ceding control over its decisions.

Carney has been meeting with European leaders to strengthen economic ties and create options beyond the US market. He wants to double non-US trade over the next decade and is aiming for a free-trade deal with India by year's end.