How Canada can use China to deliver a counterpunch to Trump |
Prime Minister Mark Carney receives flowers upon his arrival at Beijing Capital International Airport on Wednesday.Carlos Osorio/Reuters
Drew Fagan is a professor at the University of Toronto and a visiting professor at Yale University.
U.S. President Donald Trump began his second term almost exactly one year ago and what does Canada have to show for it? We’ve endured pointed jokes about annexation, fitful negotiations over unjustified tariffs and the President’s dismissal this week of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement as “irrelevant,” just months before the formal review of the pact is slated to start.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Mark Carney has done his best to keep Canada-U.S. ties on something of an even keel, in the hope that American politics and the self-interest of U.S. businesses will save us from Mr. Trump’s predations. Mr. Carney has bitten his tongue such that even well-placed Liberal supporters think he needs to “get out there” and rally the country.
But actions speak louder than words. Mr. Carney’s meetings........