

Who is Mark Carney, Canada's new PM, set to steer nation through the trade war brought by Trump
Mark Carney, who navigated crises when he was the head of the Bank of Canada from 2008, and then in 2013 when he became the first noncitizen to run the Bank of England — helping to manage the worst impacts of Brexit in the U.K. — will now try to steer Canada through the trade war brought by Trump.
Mark Carney's path to the top job in Canadian politics has been unusual but, as he said when he launched his campaign to succeed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, so are the circumstances. Former central banker Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada’s new prime minister on Friday, and will now try to steer his country through a trade war brought by U.S. President Donald Trump, a threat of annexation and an expected federal election.
Carney, 59, replaces Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced his resignation in January but remained in power until the Liberal Party elected a new leader. Carney is widely expected to trigger a general election in the coming days or weeks.
Carney has called the threats posed by US President Donald Trump «the most serious crisis of our lifetime.»
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The United States wants «our resources, our water, our land, our country,» he said after being elected Sunday to replace Trudeau as leader of the governing Liberal Party.
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Carney says his experience leading the Bank of Canada through the 2008-2009 financial crisis and heading the Bank of England through the turbulence that followed the 2016 Brexit vote equipped him for the moment.
Trump put 25% tariffs on Canada’s steel and aluminum and is threatening sweeping tariffs on all Canadian products April 2. He has threatened economic coercion in his annexation threats and suggested the border is a fictional line.
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