Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney calls for new US‑Canada partnership and broader middle‑power cooperation
Prime Minister Mark Carney outlined a new US‑Canada partnership, urged middle powers to pursue a third path, and discussed economic and defence ties with the EU while meeting leaders in Dublin and Vancouver.
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a speech in New York on Thursday, calling for a new US‑Canada partnership to help make America great again. He said middle‑power countries should not compete for favour with the United States and urged them to build a “third path with impact” beyond the United States. In the same address, Carney identified aluminium, cars and critical minerals as sectors where closer Canada‑US cooperation could strengthen both economies.
Carney added that the combined population of Canada and the European Union is more than twice that of the United States, that the economies of Canada and the EU are comparable in scale to the United States, and that the combined defence of Canada and the EU comfortably surpasses that of China. He said Canada remains open to deeper integration, including options for “Fortress North America” in certain sectors, and noted that “offers are on the table.”
According to bluesky, Carney met with the leader of Ireland in Dublin on Saturday ahead of the upcoming G7 summit. The conversation was followed by an address at Trinity College in Dublin, reported by gdelt.
Carney also spoke before a meeting with British Columbia Premier David Eby in Vancouver on May 20, 2026, as reported by theconversation.com.
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