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If Canada Is Not Safe From Trump, Who Is?

What Canada’s trade rupture teaches Asia about alliances, dependence and strategic choice

Aug 28, 2026
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By: Khanh Vu Duc
Trump: like it or lump it

Canada was supposed to be safe.

America’s closest neighbor, a NATO member, a G7 democracy and a critical security partner, Canada is deeply integrated into the US economy. Energy, automobiles, minerals, food and manufactured goods continue to move across the border as parts of a single continental system.

Yet that …

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