He pointed to existing trade networks that already connect vast populations and to efforts to link those networks in ways that reduce vulnerability. The withdrawal of the United States from dozens of international agencies, the openly transactional proposal of a ‘Board of Peace’, and the casual treatment of sovereignty, including talk of absorbing Canada or acquiring Greenland, have removed any remaining doubt. Carney captured that bluntly in Davos when he said that if countries were not at the table, they were on the menu.
Author: Punch Newspapers
Published at: 2026-02-03 23:20:19
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