At a banquet ahead of the APEC summit in South Korea, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and US President Donald Trump sat together and raised their glasses… But that was the end of the intimacy. Glances were exchanged, but there was almost no conversation. 🌪️

Ottawa-Washington political relations have long been cold. The sudden halt in trade talks and behind-the-scenes disputes have prevented the two leaders from having a real conversation even at the dinner table. Trump has even announced that he did not come to Korea to talk to Canada! 🙃

Carney will have to play a delicate diplomatic game on this trip: on the one hand, confronting trade tensions with the United States and on the other, trying to reset relations with China, the world's second-largest economy. Any concessions to China could anger Washington. ♟️🔥

All eyes in the Asia-Pacific are on Carney: Can Canada assert its place in this complex global arena? The APEC summit has now become an arena where every wrong move has a cost beyond a silent dinner. 🌏✨

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