Good evening, and today let's do a bit of a roundup of some important and yet under-reported

stories happening right now within the Trump administration, starting with a warning that

President Trump issued to the country of Canada.

Now, the backstory here is that amidst the rising tensions with the United States, Prime Minister

Mike Carney of Canada traveled to Beijing last

week in order to meet with Xi Jinping and to iron out some kind of a deal. Quote, Carney met with

Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, where he signed a series of agreements that included

slashing tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports from 100% to 6.1% for the first 49,000 units in exchange

for China cutting tariffs on Canadian canola from 85% to 15% until at least the end of the year.

While in Beijing, Carney said Canada-China relations are entering a new era and that Ottawa's

pursuit of a partnership with China sets us up

well for the New World Order. That New World Order motif was then echoed by Mr. Carney at

Davos, Switzerland when he gave a speech at the World Economic Forum. Take a listen.

It seems that every day we're reminded that we live in an era of great power rivalry, that the

rules-based order is fading, that the strong can do what they can and the weak must suffer

what they must.

I argue that middle powers must act together because if we're not at the table, we're on

the menu.

But I'd also say that great powers can afford for now to go it alone.

They have the market size, the military capacity, and the leverage to dictate terms.

Middle powers do not. But when we only negotiate bilaterally with a

hegement, we negotiate from weakness. We accept what's offered. We compete with each other

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