Trump’s attacks on long-standing allies are changing the balance of global power.

The latest round in the very syncopated Canadian-American tariff disagreements and discussions has more the air of oversized children in a sandbox hurling mud balls at each other than statesmen of governments of serious countries attempting to resolve a disagreement.

Mr Carney and Mr Trump sat at the same table for an Apec dinner on Oct 29. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

CNN’s chief data analyst explained why the president’s picking of a fight with Canada is “just something totally different.”

Canada eliminated measles in 1998. The U.S. followed two years later, in 2000. There are multiple criteria for losing an official measles elimination status, including the declines in vaccination rates observed in both countries. But the most significant factor is having ongoing measles transmission for a full year.

The president unilaterally imposed penalties on an ally because a commercial made him feel bad. This isn’t how the process is supposed to work.

An earlier push to build the pipeline ended during the Biden administration. Both countries could try again if they settle their trade war.

US President Donald Trump said he does not plan to meet Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney while both are in Asia, after the trade dispute between the two countries escalated over an anti-tariff advertisement.

Canada is poised to lose its measles elimination status after nearly three decades, and public health experts fear outbreaks of other preventable diseases as vaccination rates fall.

The Canadian boycott of travel to the United States took another turn for the worse. Preliminary data from Statistics Canada on the situation in September 2025 showed that the month continued to see a massive decline in the number of Canadians heading south.