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ROB GILLIES
PARIS (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has arrived in Europe
for the upcoming G7 summit, where he is expected to make a more muted
criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump at a crucial time for talks to
potentially renew a free-trade agreement between the two countries and
Mexico.
Carney's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland,
became a symbol of middle-power resistance in January, when he declared
the global rules-based order over and condemned coercion by great powers
on smaller countries. But this summit comes as tensions have been
ramping up between Trump and Canada.
Carney met Friday with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, a few
days before the summit in Evian-les-Bains, France.
He didn’t mention the U.S. directly but referenced artificial
intelligence and said both Canada and France “are determined to act in
this way to strengthen our strategic autonomy in a world dominated by
hegemonic powers and hyperscalers.”
Macron said the two countries “share the same view of the world.”
The Group of Seven summit of industrialized democracies that begins
Monday in France comes ahead of the scheduled July 1 review of the
U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA. It is a crucial moment in trade
talks for the latest iteration of the North American free-trade pact
that has intertwined the economies of the three countries since the
early 1990s. Trump said this week that he may not renew the deal.
Preserving the accord is critical for Canada, where 70% of exports go to
the U.S.
Canadian historian Robert Bothwell said Trump is more of a problem for
Carney “than anybody else because we are more exposed to the United
States.”
Trump leaves for the G7 summit right after he hosts UFC fights at the
White House on Sunday for his 80th birthday.
Carney downplayed the notion that it could be six countries against one
at the summit, saying there will be some issues where each country has
more extreme views compared to others.
The summit comes amid strain in the Canada-U.S. relationship — one of
the most durable and amicable alliances.
Trump’s actions, including launching a trade war and suggesting Canada
become the 51st U.S. state, have infuriated Canadians and created the
political environment for Carney to win the job of prime minister in
2025 after promising to confront Trump.
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French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and Canada's Prime Minister
Mark Carney at the Palais de l'Elysee in Paris, Friday June 12,
2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva, Pool)
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, the
leader of Canada's most populous province, had a reception with the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington canceled Monday at the last
minute, although one of his ministers called it "a badge of honor.”
Trump said again this week that the U.S. doesn't need anything that
Canada has. Carney has set a goal for Canada to double its non-U.S.
exports in the next decade, saying Trump’s trade war is causing a
chill in investment.
On Thursday, the opening of a major Canadian bridge across the
Detroit River that Trump previously threatened to block was delayed
due to unresolved issues.
Trump administration officials keep noting that only two countries,
China and Canada, retaliated against America in the trade war. U.S.
Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says Canada’s retaliatory
measures are a major issue in talks.
Daniel Béland, a political science professor at McGill University in
Montreal, said Carney seems to have moderated his tone toward the
Trump administration to avoid worsening relations.
“There is a clear tension between what Prime Minister Carney said in
his Davos speech about middle powers standing up to hegemons and his
attempt to nudge the U.S. administration ‘in the right direction’
with regard to the USMCA review and trade policy more generally,”
Béland said.
Carney has downplayed Trump’s most recent comments about Canada
becoming the 51st state.
Canada and Mexico want the USMCA to be renewed for another 16 years.
More likely it will be subject to annual reviews for the next 10
years.
Carney will also travel to Ireland this weekend to meet with the
Irish prime minister in a bid to diversify trade away from the U.S.
This is Carney's ninth trip to Europe in the 15 months since he
became prime minister in March 2025.
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