Finding the right responses against trade bullying by Trump administration

While the U.S. is most likely to demand exclusive development and supply partnerships with Canada and other individual G7 countries that have potential reserves of these minerals, Canada must resist such exclusivity while the unfair Sec. 338 and sectoral tariffs remain and urge its partners not to bind themselves exclusively to the U.S. for the very reasons that the two leaders stated in their joint Economist article.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured in the Oval Office on Oct. 7, 2026.

In a joint opinion article, headlined "Prepare for a world of ad hoc coalitions," written by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Finland’s President Alexander Stubbs in the

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