Mark Carney Leads Canada’s USMCA Push Ahead of G7 Summit

Former central‑bank governor Mark Carney, now Canada’s prime minister, has shifted from a sharp Davos critique of great‑power coercion to a more measured tone toward U.S. President Donald Trump as the Group of Seven summit begins in France. Carney’s remarks in Davos positioned him as a “middle‑power” voice, but he is now focusing on preserving the United States‑Mexico‑Canada Agreement (USMCA), which underpins more than 70 % of Canadian exports. Trump has signaled he may not renew the pact, prompting Carney to pledge to double Canada’s non‑U.S. exports over the next decade and to mitigate trade‑war fallout. At the same time, a major bridge project across the Detroit River has been delayed, and Caroney is scheduled to meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris and travel to Ireland to broaden trade ties.

Carney’s diplomatic outreach seeks to balance his earlier stance on defending rules‑based order with pragmatic negotiations to safeguard Canada’s economy while maintaining the broader G7 dialogue on climate finance, sustainable investment and multilateral cooperation.