Description: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney would head to London and Paris in what’s been called a strengthening of transatlantic relations between Europe and Canada. Carney is currently facing a three-pronged threat from the US, with the imposition of tariffs, Trump’s threats to annex Canada as the 51st US State and a brewing domestic opposition which could result in early elections. The Canadian Prime Minister stated that his visits would reaffirm Canada’s position to its long-lasting strategic partners in Europe as they jointly face the US tariff, security and defense threats. Carney would finish his transatlantic trip visiting Iqaluit in Nunavut, the northernmost Canadian territory, close to Greenland in order to consolidate and confirm Canadian interests in the Arctic.
Impact: The new Canadian Prime Minister has rebuked Donald Trump’s tariffs policies and territorial aspirations towards Canada as the country would aim at exploiting alternative strategic options. His reaffirming of strategic ties with key European allies signifies drastic shift towards the currently hostile US. The division between US and Europe caused by Trump’s exclusion of Europe from the Russia – Ukraine peace negotiations and the aggressive unilateral economic assertiveness through the tariff policies would see the fortifying of ties and forming novel strategic partnerships between regions and countries. Canada, France and the UK would push towards extensive cooperation in what is shaping up to be the recently developed global geopolitical dynamics.