U.S.-Canada Tensions: Risks Beyond Trade
As the tariff war escalates and allies start talking like adversaries, disputes over sovereignty and strategic resources are emerging as risks.
RIO DE JANEIRO— In late August, Canadian and American fighter crews flew integrated missions from Canadian bases. They were rehearsing cruise missile defense as part of a binational command that has operated since 1958. Days earlier, President Donald Trump had signed an executive order instructing federal agencies to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America and used the location of its deepest point to make an improbable claim over most of its volume. The fighter exercise belongs to a dense web of agreements and institutions that has bound the two countries together for generations. The...
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