Why Mark Carney is pushing ‘Fortress North America’ amid deep Canadian distrust of the U.S. | The-14

Mark Carney’s Fortress North America strategy seeks deeper U.S. ties while balancing sovereignty concerns, investment goals and public distrust.

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"Some of the people in #Trump’s orbit—Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick are of this faction—seem to imagine that the United States’ Mexican and Canadian neighbors can be bullied into an enlarged #FortressNorthAmerica, subservient tenants submitting to whatever terms their dominant landlord imposes on them."

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How the U.S. Lost the Canadian Election

Trump’s threats to annex Canada reversed its political trend—but they should not reverse its commitment to free trade.

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