PARIS (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has arrived in Europe for the upcoming G7 summit, where he is expected to make a more muted criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump at a crucial time for talks to potentially renew a free-trade agreement between the two countries and Mexico.
Carney's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, became a symbol of middle-power resistance in January, when he declared the global rules-based order over and condemned coercion by great powers on smaller countries. But this summit comes as tensions have been ramping up between Trump and Canada.
Carney met Friday with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, a few days before the summit in Evian-les-Bains, France.
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He didn't mention the U.S. directly but referenced artificial intelligence and said both Canada and France "are determined to act in this way to strengthen our strategic autonomy in a world dominated by hegemonic powers and hyperscalers."
