Europa und Kanada sind wie die Kinder einer hässlichen Scheidung
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/02/europe-canada-china-carney-xi-jinping/686033/?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_term=short
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Simon Shuster and Vivian Salama: “The urge to visit Beijing has gotten stronger lately among allies of the United States. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who referred to China last year as his country’s biggest security threat, made the trip last month, as did his British counterpart, Keir Starmer. Next week, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who heads the largest economy in Europe, plans to meet with Xi Jinping during a three-day visit packed with discussions of security and trade.
“In a speech this past weekend at the Munich Security Conference, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. ‘will always be a child of Europe.’ But the geopolitical divide between the U.S. and China has made Canadians and Europeans look more like the children in a bad divorce, shuttling between two feuding parents, pleasing neither, and risking retaliation if they take sides.”
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Hopefully the UK is smart enough to continue with mature leadership like Starmer and Carney and won’t self sabotage with Farage.
Canada’s position is interesting. I’m not convinced deeper ties with china would reduce us pressure. Given how integrated the two economies are diversification may introduce new costs rather than remove old ones. Hedging could also shift how the us perceives canada from a deep partner to a strategic balancer/competitor.