The era of deep economic, security and military ties between Canada and the United States "is over," Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday, after President Donald Trump announced steep auto tariffs. "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over," Carney said.
  • @samus12345@lemm.eeEnglish
    1•17 days ago

    While I’m sure it will at least partially fill the vacuum left by the US, it won’t have the “soft power” the US did over the entire Western world.

    • @Kanda@reddthat.comEnglish
      2•17 days ago

      If the US keeps trying this trade war trick, and they’ll end up realising that China is where stuff is made.

      I’m Norwegian and they seem to have a bunch of soft power here by saying “if you do that, we won’t buy your salmon anymore.” Time’ll show, I guess.