Canadian prime minister heads west to ancestral homeland - BBC
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- Mark Carney called for Canada-EU unity ahead of the G7 summit, framing the current geopolitical moment as 'a global rupture'
- Carney said middle-power countries should not compete for favor with the US, while softening his tone toward Trump on trade ahead of the G7
Why it matters: Carney is recalibrating Canada's foreign-policy posture in the run-up to the G7, publicly arguing that middle powers gain more from coordinating with each other and the EU than from competing for Washington's favor — a notable rhetorical shift for a leader who previously ran hard on standing up to Trump.
