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Canada's next PM Mark Carney vows to 'win' US trade war

Canada's Liberal Leader and Prime Minister-elect Mark Carney (centree) greets supporters after being elected as the new Liberal Party leader, in Ottawa on March 9, 2025. [AFP]

Canada's incoming prime minister Mark Carney struck a defiant note as the former central banker vowed to win US President Donald Trump's trade war, saying his country will "never" be part of the United States.

Carney lost no time standing up for "the Canadian way of life" after the Liberal Party overwhelmingly elected him on Sunday to succeed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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