Mark Carney

Canadian PM Carney says world can move on without the US, stresses new ties

The centre of gravity in the global economy is shifting, he says

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney was elected to a full term in April to stare down Trump’s protectionist tariffs, but his Liberal Party fell just short of a majority.

Carney’s Liberals pass budget, avoiding snap Canada election

CANADA’S Liberal government survived a confidence vote on Monday, as parliament narrowly passed a budget Prime Minister Mark Carney says is essential to bolster an economy threatened by US tariffs.

Remaining in South Korea for the Apec summit, Chinese President Xi Jinpeng was expected to meet Japan’s first woman premier, Sanae Takaichi.

Xi primed to meet Japan, Canada leaders after Trump summit

CHINESE leader Xi Jinping was expected to meet Canada and Japan’s new prime ministers for the first time on Friday, a day after agreeing to a trade war ceasefire with US President Donald Trump.

Canada’s economy has suffered from sector tariffs of 50% imposed in 2025 by Trump on steel and aluminium from all countries.

Trump sets 10% hike in tariffs on Canada after ad airs during World Series

Both leaders will be at the Asean summit in Malaysia, but the US president says he has no plans to meet with Canada’s PM Carney

Since entering office in March, Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney has warned Canada will face persistent economic upheaval as US President Donald Trump works to overhaul the US-led global trading order.

Canada PM names key projects to jumpstart Trump-hit economy

[ALBERTA, Canada] Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled his initial list of major national projects on Thursday, backing critical minerals, nuclear power and port expansion to bolster an econom...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada currently faces one of the lowest average US tariff rates of any country.

More than 85% of US-Canada trade is tariff-free: Carney

[OTTAWA] More than 85 per cent of trade between the United States and Canada remains tariff free, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Tuesday, days after President Donald Trump hiked levies on some Can...

US President Donald Trump (right) and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney shake hands during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., May 6, 2025.

Canada ‘never for sale’, Carney tells Trump

[WASHINGTON] Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told US President Donald Trump on Tuesday that his country would be “never for sale” as they met at the White House amid tensions on tariffs and sovere...

From left: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney; Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong; and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
COMMENTARY

In recent elections, incumbents in Canada, Australia and Singapore had a Trump card

In contrast to 2024’s anti-incumbent trend, global voters now seem to be rallying behind stability

Carney gave Canada’s median voter a crash course in the merits of rules-based internationalism.
THE BOTTOM LINE

Mark Carney: democracy’s unTrump

America’s 47th president plays unwitting ally to non-populists everywhere except at home

PM Carney has promised to chart “a new path forward” in a world “fundamentally changed” by a US that is newly hostile to free trade.

Carney’s Liberals win Canada election defined by Trump

[OTTAWA] Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged on Tuesday (Apr 29) to beat the United States in the trade war after winning Canada’s election and securing another term for his Liberal Party.