Six months in, Canada's Carney faces two-front trade war with little leverage

After some six months as Canada's Prime Minister, former banker Mark Carney faces a tepid economy and mounting obstacles as he attempts to forge a new path for the country amid tariff disputes with its two largest trading partners. Carney has not sealed a new economic relationship with the United States, as promised during an election campaign defined by President Donald Trump's tariff and annexation threats, and is locked in a trade war with Canada's No. 2 trading partner, China. While his minority government has passed one key piece of promised legislation, his policies have angered some of his Liberal party's progressive wing, including migrant advocates and environmentalists. Carney, elected in April arguing he was best-placed to negotiate with Trump...