“He’s been around the world, he’s been talking to countries in Asia, in Europe, shoring up new trade relationships, wanting to diversify Canada’s economy and Canada’s trade relationships with other countries around the world just to get away from that dependency that Canada has traditionally had on the United States,”

David Mercer · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-23

Mercer described Carney's efforts to establish trade ties outside of the United States.