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Prime Minister Mark Carney boards a government plane to head home from Riga, Latvia, on Wednesday. This week’s visit to Europe was his fourth in less than six months.

Visit Ukraine to show solidarity. Commit to keeping troops in Latvia . Reach out for investment and trade in big or growing economies.

Those are things Canadian prime ministers do on trips to Europe. What was different when Mark Carney did them over the past five days was the timing.

Mr. Carney was bringing Canada to Europe at a time when, in some ways, the United States, under President Donald Trump, is leaving – building tariff barriers to trade and casting doubt on the future of U.S. backing for European security.

European countries, such as Canada, are ramping up military spending and looking for new

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