Mark Carney Announces Canada-China Trade Deal with “New World Order” Comment
Canada’s Prime Minister bets on a controversial pivot to Beijing as U.S. relations fracture, sparking viral frenzy with three little words.
If you had “Canadian Prime Minister says ‘New World Order’ while shaking hands in Beijing” on your 2026 geopolitical bingo card, please come forward to collect your prize. In a moment that has undoubtedly sent fervent online communities into a tailspin, Mark Carney has officially christened his new trade pivot to China with the three words most likely to break the internet.
Speaking from the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday, the Prime Minister described Canada’s fresh strategic partnership with China as a move that "sets us up well for the new world order." While the phrase was likely intended as a dry, technocratic reference to a shifting global economy, one where the United States is no longer the only game in town, the choice of words was, to put it mildly, provocative.
But look past the viral panic, and you find a massive geopolitical shift that is very real and entirely pragmatic. Faced with an American administration that has mused about Canada becoming the "51st state" and slapped punishing tariffs on Canadian goods, Carney has effectively decided that if the U.S. door is closing, the window to the East must be pried open.

