Two days after being sworn in, Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney was in Paris on the first leg of his first state visit, which comes as his country’s economy and sovereignty are under threat from the United States.
Carney, the former Bank of England governor who succeeded Justin Trudeau last week, conspicuously chose key Europe powers France and the United Kingdom, rather than the United States, for his first foreign visits after President Donald Trump ramped up the rhetoric against Canada.
