Six months into his tenure, Canada ’s Prime Minister Mark Carney confronts a sluggish economy and rising challenges while navigating trade disputes with the nation’s two largest partners.

Carney has not sealed a new economic relationship with the United States, as promised during an election campaign defined by President Donald Trump’s tariff and annexation threats, and is locked in a trade war with Canada’s No. 2 trading partner, China.

While his minority government has passed one key piece of promised legislation, his policies have angered some of his Liberal Party’s progressive wing,  including  migrant advocates and environmentalists.

Carney, elected in April, arguing he was best-placed to negotiate with Trump and steer Canada’s economy through crisis, was widely seen as a test

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