Why Mark Carney and Europe are doubling down on each other

Allan Woods/Toronto Star: The truth, said Oliver Schmidtke, a University of Victoria professor specializing in European politics, is that Canada is more exposed and vulnerable than Europe to Trump-imposed shocks because of geography.

…“There might even be a greater reliance for Canada on Europe than the other way around,” Schmidtke said. “That might change, but at the moment … I think Canada is more desperate in terms of diversifying its trade, building strategic alliances with other countries and making its voice heard.”…