Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney used a major address in Davos to argue that the world¡¯s middle powers must band together to resist coercion from aggressive superpowers.
Recent events have shown the ¡°rules-based international order¡± is effectively dead, Carney said, which means Canada and other countries have no choice but to create new alliances to oppose pressure tactics and intimidation by the world¡¯s great powers. His speech didn¡¯t mention U.S. President Donald Trump by name.
Canada stands firmly behind Greenland as tensions rise in the Arctic over Trump¡¯s repeated statements that the U.S. must own the territory for security reasons, the prime minister said at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday. The semi-autonomous island and Denmark have a ¡°unique right to determine Greenland¡¯s future,¡± he said.
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