OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Germany late Monday, looking to boost trade and defence ties with Europe’s largest economy.

Carney is moving to align Canada more closely with Europe as U.S. President Donald Trump upends the global trading system with his tariff war, and Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine heightens global security risks.

Former German politician Bernd Althusmann said the partnership between Canada and Germany is strong, but also “more important and valuable than ever.”

“In uncertain times like these, you need friends and partners,” he said. “And this applies, from my point of view, equally to Canada and Germany.”

Althusmann runs the Canadian office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, a think tank funded by German federal and state governments to promote trans

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