The Canadian prime minister spoke after returning from the World Economic Forum where he urged middle powers to team up in resisting President Trump.

Trump said he has withdrawn the invitation to Canada to join the new Board of Peace, days after Carney warned against economic coercion by superpowers.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney's call at the World Economic Forum for middle powers to band together against economic coercion by "great powers" is winning some cross-partisan support at home, and garnering attention all over the world.

In his speech to this year’s World Economic Forum at Davos, Canadian prime minister Mark Carney mourned the demise of international cooperation by evoking an authority from ancient Greece.

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s 16-minute speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland received a standing ovation, a rare occurrence at the summit.

At the 2026 World Economic Forum, leaders clashed over major political and ideological issues, underscoring the struggle on how the West should operate

States like Canada have long known the current system of international rules-based order is a “fiction,” Carney said.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told the World Economic Forum in Davos that the US-led “rules-based international order” is undergoing a fundamental breakdown. He said the world is facing “a rupture, not a transition” and warned that economic integration is being used as a tool of coercion.

Experts say Canada's presence at the World Economic Forum takes on more importance this year with Prime Minister Mark Carney's pitch to expand global trade relationships, especially as rhetoric from U.