>Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney said that China is one of the largest threats with respect to foreign interference in Canada and is an emerging threat in the Arctic.
>In a debate Thursday night ahead of the April 28 election, Carney replied “China,” when asked to name Canada’s biggest security threat.
>Asked to elaborate at a news conference in Niagara Falls on Friday, Carney said Canada has to counter Chinese foreign interference threats. He also criticized China for being a partner with Russia in the war with Ukraine and said it is a threat to broader Asia and Taiwan in particular.
>Carney said China is the biggest threat “from a geopolitical sense.”
>”We’re taking action to address,” he added.
>[…]
>Canada is also locked in a trade war with its long-term ally the United States. Canada has imposed [retaliatory](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadas-plan-retaliatory-tariffs-us-2025-03-04/) tariffs on U.S. goods in response to U.S. tariffs on Canadian autos, steel and aluminum, and goods that do not comply with a North American Free Trade deal.
>Carney said Canada would not try to match the U.S. dollar for dollar in retaliation, but said the entire global trading system is being reordered.
>”That level of shared values with the U.S. is shifting, so our level of engagement will shift,” he said.
>There were opportunities for Canada to engage beyond the United States and China, the world’s two largest economies, he said.
>”There are huge opportunities in Europe, in ASEAN, Mercosur, other parts of the world where we can further deepen, and we should, and I think we will,” Carney said.
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Oh boy I cant wait to be the target of a trade war from both China and America at the same time while both tries to dislodge us from the other
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That answer honestly surprised me a bit, but trump is so thin skinned that saying the US would do us no favours.
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>Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney said that China is one of the largest threats with respect to foreign interference in Canada and is an emerging threat in the Arctic.
>In a debate Thursday night ahead of the April 28 election, Carney replied “China,” when asked to name Canada’s biggest security threat.
>Asked to elaborate at a news conference in Niagara Falls on Friday, Carney said Canada has to counter Chinese foreign interference threats. He also criticized China for being a partner with Russia in the war with Ukraine and said it is a threat to broader Asia and Taiwan in particular.
>Carney said China is the biggest threat “from a geopolitical sense.”
>”We’re taking action to address,” he added.
>[…]
>Canada is also locked in a trade war with its long-term ally the United States. Canada has imposed [retaliatory](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadas-plan-retaliatory-tariffs-us-2025-03-04/) tariffs on U.S. goods in response to U.S. tariffs on Canadian autos, steel and aluminum, and goods that do not comply with a North American Free Trade deal.
>Carney said Canada would not try to match the U.S. dollar for dollar in retaliation, but said the entire global trading system is being reordered.
>”That level of shared values with the U.S. is shifting, so our level of engagement will shift,” he said.
>There were opportunities for Canada to engage beyond the United States and China, the world’s two largest economies, he said.
>”There are huge opportunities in Europe, in ASEAN, Mercosur, other parts of the world where we can further deepen, and we should, and I think we will,” Carney said.
!ping Can&Foreign-policy
Oh boy I cant wait to be the target of a trade war from both China and America at the same time while both tries to dislodge us from the other
That answer honestly surprised me a bit, but trump is so thin skinned that saying the US would do us no favours.