The Trump Factor (Without Saying the Name)
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He didn’t need to.
The references were clear.
Recent tariff threats.
Talk of annexing Greenland.
Using economic integration as a form of coercion rather than cooperation.
Carney warned that countries can no longer “live within the lie” of mutual benefit when integration becomes a source of subordination.
He also pointed to the growing strain on global institutions — the WTO, the UN, international climate frameworks — describing them as increasingly fragile.
The underlying message was uncomfortable but simple:
The rules-based order many countries relied on was never as solid as advertised.
And now, the cracks are impossible to ignore.
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