Joe Parkinson
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207 appearances
5 recordings
2 series
first heard Dec 2025
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You have the worst land war since uh World War Two in Ukraine that's grinding on, you have Russia that seems to be increasingly threatening, you have the Straits of Hormuz closed, which is much more of a problem for European trade than it is for America.
American trade, you have these stagnant, slow growth economies and the rise of populism.
And then all of a sudden there's Canada kind of winking at you.
That is exactly what we're talking about here.
And Canada, you know, looks incredibly attractive.
Not only does it have all of the raw materials and the critical minerals and the energy and you know the things that Europe really covets and has had problems being so dependent on places like Russia and the Middle East for, but it also has very similar values.
And when
Carney, you know, stands up and speaks in French and English at a press conference, you know, that really i is meaningful to Europeans.
And when Carney chooses, you know, not to go to Washington for his first trip as prime minister, but to come for a joint trip to Paris and London, it's meaningful.
And on the flip side of that, there's perhaps even more trepidation of what the costs of delinking with America will actually be.
Because at the moment this is more of a rhetorical clash.
We haven't seen the real pain coming to hit the Canadian economy, you know, two thirds of exports.
That's a lot of people's businesses, that's a lot of people's jobs.
And I think the Americans, when you speak to the White House, the Trump administration seems to think that the reality that geography is destiny.
and that Canada is right there, and these links, these economic links are decades old and they are real, will ultimately bring Canada back to the table.
That this, you know, flirtation, if you like, is all very well between Canada and Europe, but the economic realities will always win through.
It's a
One thing the Canadians are at pains to do, every official that you speak to, is that they're not trying to do this in any way to anger or to exact any retribution on the US.
They don't want any more tension or any more difficulty than they feel they already have.
And I think what they're hoping, if not planning for, is that there will be a new administration and there'll be another day and perhaps a degree of realignment.
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