Davos / New Delhi: Speaking at the 56th Annual Summit of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday cautioned against the growing use of trade, finance and supply chains as tools of pressure while claiming that the world is going through a “rupture” in the global order, and not a slow or orderly transition.
‘Create new alliances…”
He also urged “middle powers” to stop mourning the old-world order. He asked them to create new alliances to oppose pressure tactics and intimidation.
Carney also delivered a sharp rebuke of the United States and its global leadership at Davos, Switzerland, as world leaders convened to debate economic and geopolitical challenges.
Speaking to an international audience of policymakers, business leaders and diplomats, Carney launched a forceful critique of what he described as a post-World War II international order heavily shaped by the United States, calling it a “lie” and urging a re-thinking of how global power is exercised. While he did not always name US President Donald Trump directly, his remarks were widely understood to refer to the current US administration’s actions on trade, tariffs and geopolitical policy.
“We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition..”
“We knew that the story about the rules-based order was partially false… We knew that international law applied with varying rigour depending on the identity of the accused and the victim. This fiction was useful [because of the goods provided by American hegemony]… So we placed the sign in the window. We participated in the rituals. And we largely avoided calling out the gaps between rhetoric and reality. This bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition… You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination,” he said.
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Carney’s address comes amid ongoing tensions between Ottawa and Washington over tariff disputes and broader questions about economic cooperation. The Canadian PM emphasised that major powers had begun “weaponising” economic tools, notably tariffs, and that this trend had contributed to strains in the rules-based system that many nations have relied on since the mid-20th century.