Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney seemed to challenge Donald Trump in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, declaring that “the old world order is not coming back” and urging fellow “middle powers” to come together.
In response, Trump said Canada gets “a lot of freebies” from the United States and “they should be grateful”.
After striking a major trade and tariff deal with China – the US’s rival superpower – is Carney emerging as the leader of a global resistance to Trump? And does he have an alternative vision for the world?
Tristan Redman and Asma Khalid speak to Lyse Doucet, the BBC’s chief international correspondent.
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Chapters:
00:00 What’s the context?
01:44 What did Trump say at Davos?
03:54 What did Mark Carney say at Davos?
06:26 Canada and China
09:00 US threats to Canada
11:28 The so-called ’51st state’
14:55 Has the US-Canadian friendship broken down?
19:00 How has the threat to Greenland affected Canada?
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