Canada joins new German-France 'alliance' that doesn't include U.S [View all]

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coalition aimed at saving the international world order from destruction by various world dictators and autocrats -- and U.S. President Donald Trump. Canada joins new German-France 'alliance' that doesn't include U.S.
Trump is really isolating the US from its allies.

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Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland appears as a witness at a Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade at the Senate of Canada Building in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. Canada has added 43 additional people to its list of sanctions against those it says are cronies of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick


Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press


Last Updated Monday, April 15, 2019 4:39PM EDT

OTTAWA -- Canada has formally joined a German-French coalition aimed at saving the international world order from destruction by various world dictators and autocrats -- and U.S. President Donald Trump.

The initiative is part of ongoing government efforts to shore up international co-operation at a time of waning American leadership and Trump's outspoken disdain of institutions created after the Second World War, including the G7, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland offered Canada's support for the Alliance for Multilateralism during a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Dinard, France earlier this month.


Japan also joined the new alliance during the meeting, and Freeland marked the moment on Twitter posting a photo of herself with Jean-Yves Le Drian, Heiko Mass and Taro Kono, her French, German and Japanese counterparts.

"Many of today's greatest challenges are global and they can only be solved when we work together. That is why Canada stands united with its German, French, and Japanese friends," Freeland said in the photo's caption.

Freeland also avoided any direct mention of the Trump administration, as has been her approach generally in her frequent critiques of the attacks on the world's multilateral order and the need to defend against them.

Le Drian and Maas appeared to dance around the fact that the United States was not a member when they formally unveiled the new alliance in early April at the United Nations.

France's envoy to Canada, however, connected the initiative to Trump in a recent interview.

"Mr. Trump doesn't like to value multilateralism," said Ambassador Kareen Rispal, referring to his withdrawal from the Paris climate change agreement, and his criticism of the UN and WTO....................................................................................................