My dear Canadian conservative friends, things look very troubling. You have my deepest sympathies for the events of the next few years that are about to unfold.
[A Full Deep Dive Background Context is Here]
I am not wrong!
We have researched, tracked, measured and followed each detail.
Having travelled to regions of the world in discussions with people who factually determine economic outcomes, it is clear that every single policy shift undertaken by the Canadian government of Mark Carney is exactly the opposite of what is needed. In the next 24 months, the lifestyle of every Canadian will forever change.
Prime Minister Mark Carney bows to Big Panda. The most alarming words spoken during the formal welcome ceremony are prompted below. WATCH: “The New World Order”
Too many words; too small a man.
President Trump is reestablishing an entirely new economic, trade and finance system. The era of the Marshal Plan is over; it has been factually deconstructed in the past 12 months.
Canadians and Europeans are desperately trying to offset the ramifications, hold on to their economic benefits and find a new mechanism to afford the domestic indulgences now eliminated by President Trump and the absence of money.
Both the EU and Canada are looking to China and ASEAN partnerships as a financial offset. However, the ASEAN group has no domestic wealth and can only provide one-way benefits.
Despite the reality of things, denial is rampant. Here are three facts that will not change.
Fact #1: Asia is not a purchaser; they are producers. There are no customers in Southeast Asia, only workers. ASEAN nations are not customers. Any ASEAN trade agreement does not materially gain the EU or Canada any exports.
Fact #2: China is a closed economic system. China does what is in China’s best interests. When negotiating with China, Chairman Xi wears a panda mask to cover the dragon face. China now sees the EU/Canada refusal to adapt as an opportunity to exploit.
Fact #3: The EU and Canada have chased ‘climate change’ and ‘green energy’ schemes into a dead end of economic crisis. The direct and collateral damage is generational, and only just now beginning to surface. When combined with their intransigent resistance to adapt to President Trump’s global economic and trade reset, core issue “reciprocity”, this reality takes both economies down a path that becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Choosing to embrace China in lieu of modifying bilateral trade agreements with the USA is a short-sighted fool’s errand. Unfortunately, with political calculations each entity, Canada and/or the EU collective, are pandering to their base out of an unwillingness to change trade behavior as demanded by Trump.
Yes, Canada may end up exporting more very specific goods to China; an offset for some of the USA losses, but at what cost long-term.
Think about the EU auto-sector as an example.
To avoid paying their own climate change fines, the EU automakers are purchasing carbon credits from Chinese EV automakers. In the short term, that trick may diminish the auto company fines to Brussels but think about the longer-term problem.
China takes the revenue from the EU companies and uses it to subsidize their EV exports making their EVs cost substantially less than EU electric vehicles in the EU.
Geely, BYD, etc. can lower the price of an EV in Europe because EU car companies are giving them money. The EU is paying China to destroy the EU auto industry. You cannot make this stuff up.
As a consequence, BYD is now building a factory in Hungary. Additionally, Geely owns 10% of Mercedes. You might have noticed that Mercedes recently announced they are shifting production of their Model-A to Hungary. 20,000 jobs shifted from Germany to Hungary. Victor Orban is good friends with Donald Trump. These are not coincidences.
In the Canadian model, Mark Carney may end up selling slightly more stuff to China but he’s going to end up selling less to the USA because Chinese components are subject to ever-enlarging USA trade tariffs. The USMCA is on the cusp of being cancelled, it will happen this year.
Canada is betting they can export more $$ to Beijing than they will lose in diminished export $$ to the USA. Fine, that’s the bet (a political calculation). However, the reality of the end result is increased dependency on China. That never ends well.
Beijing keeps the panda mask on while the dependency is created, see belt and road; however, as soon as it is in Beijing’s interest to drop the panda mask, Canada will see the dragon face behind it.
From Ottawa to London, to Paris, Berlin and Brussels the geopolitical landscape is changing permanently as President Donald Trump resets their global trade relationship to the United States.
NOTE: despite the claims of the Lyndon LaRouche group (Promethean Action), President Trump doesn’t sit around thinking about how to destroy British imperialism or the multinational financial system. That result comes as an outcome of his reset, a consequence; it is not however, the intent of it.
Instead, President Trump is leveraging the largest consumer market in the world to the benefit of the customer; that’s America. Trump’s direct and specific intent is transactional, to rebuild an industrial and self-sufficient nation that is the envy of the world.
For several generations, Canada and the EU have exploited their biggest customer and taken the U.S. for granted.
In the end, the customer always controls the success of the business.
Visual Reference:
dependency (on China) is created
Mark Carney announces deal with China on EVs, canola tariffs
January 16, 2026
After asking around I ended up with a rudimentary analysis to this question which does not go in depth to the vast varied factors affecting Canada, EU partnerships with China.
Q : “If the ASEAN group has no domestic wealth and can only provide one-way benefits – how and in what way this benefits Canada, China and EU partnerships financially and economically?”
A:?The claim that ASEAN has “no domestic wealth” and offers only “one-way benefits” is inaccurate and contradicts multiple sources. ASEAN is a dynamic economic bloc with a population of over 660 million, a GDP exceeding $3.2 trillion (2019), and a growing role in global trade and investment. Its economic strength lies in its diversified economies, strategic location, and rising middle class, making it a valuable partner for Canada, China, and the EU.
Benefits for Canada
Trade Diversification: Canada seeks to reduce over-reliance on the U.S. market. ASEAN offers access to a rapidly growing consumer base and a hub for regional manufacturing. The ASEAN-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations, though stalled, represent a strategic opportunity to expand exports in sectors like agriculture, mining, and clean technology.Supply Chain Resilience: ASEAN is a key node in global supply chains. Canadian firms can benefit from investments in manufacturing, logistics, and digital infrastructure in ASEAN nations, especially as companies relocate production from China.
Strategic Investment: Canada can participate in ASEAN’s infrastructure development through multilateral institutions like the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), (which China leads) but is open to non-Asian members.
Canada’s absence from AIIB limits its influence and access to infrastructure procurement opportunities.
Benefits for China
Market Access and Export Hub: China is ASEAN’s largest trading partner (since 2009), with bilateral trade exceeding $516 billion in 2020. ASEAN serves as a gateway for Chinese goods into Southeast Asia and beyond. Belt and Road Initiative (BRI): China uses BRI to fund infrastructure projects in ASEAN nations (e.g., railways, ports), enhancing connectivity and expanding Chinese exports and influence. This creates mutual economic complementarity: China provides capital and technology; ASEAN provides labor, markets, and strategic geography.
Trade Deficit Management: While ASEAN runs a trade deficit with China, this reflects China’s export strength and ASEAN’s manufacturing integration into Chinese supply chains—benefiting Chinese exporters and investors.
Benefits for the EU
Economic Diversification: The EU seeks to reduce dependence on China and the U.S. by strengthening ties with ASEAN. The EU-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (FTA) remains stalled due to human rights concerns, but the EU continues to engage through partnerships in digital economy, green energy, and infrastructure.Investment and Innovation: ASEAN’s digital economy is projected to reach $1 trillion by 2030. The EU can invest in tech startups, cybersecurity, and sustainable infrastructure, leveraging ASEAN’s innovation ecosystem.
Geopolitical Balancing: ASEAN’s neutrality and strategic importance make it a key partner for the EU in the Indo-Pacific. By engaging ASEAN, the EU avoids being seen as a U.S. proxy, enhancing its credibility as a neutral, rules-based partner.
Key Misconception Clarified The assertion that ASEAN provides “one-way benefits” is false. ASEAN benefits from Chinese investment and infrastructure, Canada gains market access and supply chain opportunities, and the EU gains strategic partners in a critical region. The real challenge is not ASEAN’s lack of wealth, but intra-ASEAN disparities, non-tariff barriers, and the need for deeper integration.
As ASEAN grows, it increasingly acts as a strategic, economic, and geopolitical equal, not a passive recipient. In short: ASEAN is not a source of one-way benefits—it is a dynamic, interconnected economic bloc that offers mutual gains through trade, investment, and strategic alignment.
Canada, China, and the EU all benefit from deeper engagement, though each faces unique challenges in navigating ASEAN’s complex landscape
Any one care to provide long-term insights and ramifications on all this?
Most of the tripe above assumes that China is a reliable, stable partner without ulterior motives of leveraging a dependent EU/Canada to further their own dreams of world domination.
Sure. Trust them. Look how peaceful they are! They merely want to provide reciprocal benefits so everyone prospers!
Neville Chamberlain thought he had Germany figured out, too. History proved him to be a fool.
You are right about that. The first assumption that China is reliable.
At base, China’s global engagement is widely strategic and long-term; driven by calculated intent not benign cooperation.
Evidence that Beijing’s and diplomatic initiatives—such as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), investments in critical infrastructure (e.g., the port of Piraeus), and global health aid during the pandemic – are (NOT) merely developmental; but serve to expand geopolitical influence, deepen dependencies, and advance alternative governance models.
Whatever the U.S, EU and other allies past views expression of this as a broader strategy to reshape global institutions, challenging liberal democratic norms/reforms; with U.S. and European policymakers increasingly rejecting the notion of China as a “reliable partner.”
How can Canada assume that China is a reliable stable partner when European policymakers and top U.S. officials have declared that China is no longer a state evolving toward liberal values but authoritarian power; pursuing global dominance through methods that violate international norms, and, that China’s model of authoritarian capitalism undermines the rules-based international order?
You’ve obviously never been to the ASEAN region, nor attended an ASEAN summit, nor spent time in any of the biggest production systems. I have.
They produce products. The citizens of the ASEAN countries do not have wealth to purchase western goods.
Your assumptions are false.
Thnk you SD. Appreciate your coming back to where I may be wrong but it is not any assumption of mine.
I guess I did not make it clear the post was me asking the question and I quoted the answer which says my question as couched “ASEAN has no domestic wealth” and offers only “one-way benefits” is “inaccurate and contradicts multiple sources”.
It goes on to say (quote) – “ASEAN is a dynamic economic bloc with a population of over 660 million, a GDP exceeding $3.2 trillion (2019), and a growing role in global trade and investment. Its economic strength lies in its diversified economies, strategic location, and rising middle class, making it a valuable partner for Canada, China, and the EU”
That is why I asked here if any one here care to provide long-term insights and ramifications on all this.
only because I personally do not believe at any point China is reliable; since I grew up in one of those ASEAN nations; and have had personal experiences with China when it comes from products from China through many years while I still lived there.
This is not to refute what you say that citizens of the ASEAN nations do not have wealth to purchase western goods. After the East India Company’s decline, private British trading firms and domestic textile manufacturers became the primary sources of Western-style clothing imports into Britain and exports to Asia.
My own experiences predate the ASEAN nations situation. For those of us who could purchase Western goods, there had never been any problems when the East Asia Company handled many overseas products shipped into our country. Western goods were directly imported by companies long established by the British, with their signature grocery chains Fitzpatricks and Cold Storage. Following the end of the East India Company’s monopoly, western clothing and wearable imports were done initially through British clothing manufacturers; the biggest being private British trading companies such as Jardine Matheson, Dent & Co., and Russell & Co. They became major players in the trade between Britain and Asia. The most patronized Clarke’s shoes were the biggest demands. China had no control whatsoever over the British trading companies in Singapore initially; particularly because of a large exclusive patronage and this was before the trading companies expanded to China, India and other SE Asian countries; with Singapore and Malaysia, together; forming the second-largest market for Chinese manufactured goods after Hong Kong.
After Singapore’s independence in 1965 it did not lead to an immediate flood of Chinese products into its markets, but trade with China steadily grew in the following years. After independence, Singapore maintained and expanded its trade relations with China despite regional political tensions.
Singapore-China trade relations were unique during this period, as Singapore hosted the only remaining branch of the Bank of China in Southeast Asia and continued trade when other regional nations suspended ties with China.
By 1975, (that was when I left Singapore and have not returned to live there) the private British trading companies/firms had expanded their operations in China, India, and Southeast Asia, importing cotton textiles, silks, and other garments directly. I grew up a patron of mostly western goods before all that time; before these trading companies expanded operations in China. With establishment of locally owned companies, they were getting the Western goods imports from China and even India.
I do not assume that ASEAN nations do not have wealth to purchase western goods. My question was asked and then quoted the answers I got and wanted to know if any one here has any insights.
Whatever are seen as my assumptions regarding ASEAN nations having wealth/no wealth to purchase western goods I am sorry it was not clear about my remark.
AI is ruining forums. When someone, like the poster above, use AI to make posts , or partial post , it should have attribution.
AI makes a “news from the Left” and the other “News from the Right”. Take your pick without asking questions based on the concepts or narratives presented?
Your statement that “AI is ruining forum” is your mindset that “this poster” (who does have a name attached to the post) relies on AI where personal learning and critical thinking is absent; used without oversight can erode depth and originality of human thought contributions. Don’t thinking people know that that transparency helps maintain a standard of accountability and honesty in knowledge-sharing? Aren’t we to assess with our brains which we possess when confronted with AI’s refutation of our judgment that there is need for clarification? Assessing a human first, a poster on (**this) as relying on AI without an indepth understanding on what the poster is primarily doing – asking questions for real insight into accuracy and integrity? The poster did not make any agreement on all the assertions which she included “quoted” by AI.
Why then rely on a rudimentary repartee from AI without asking questions? Which is what “this poster” does, asking for any one on this forum for honesty standard; which (for me), in case you don’t know; ranks highest in this forum. It is home where there is genuine caring, concern and fraternal correction with love first.
May I sincerely put forth that you think over your ascribing “attribution” (your words per se) “When someone, like the poster above, use AI to make posts” ..
Why not “Show proper respect to everyone” which is the number one attribution. – Respect is not limited to friends or believers but extends to all people. And, you can’t buy it
Is that the best you can do?
In the next 24 months, the lifestyle of every Canadian will forever change.
Thank you for the article. It will be interesting to see what happens in the next year. I believe that a reset is coming whether planned or unplanned. These globalists are playing with fire.
I wonder if this will have any effect on Canada’s future????
https://x.com/katewerk/status/2012875144516001839?s=20
Dear Formerly Free Canadian,
Your birthright, like that of so many former colonies of the ancient British Empire, has been sold. You are essentially vassals of the Chinese Communist Party. Your economic, political, and religious freedom is tied to the whims of a far away regime that does not value our core values. They will extinguish dissent. They will cripple your economy. They will mandate tyranny.
So what is it that your nation has the China finds so valuable? It isn’t your population. China has people. It isn’t your lumber, though that will be stolen as well. It is the one resource China does not have in abundance: OIL. That right, Alberta, they want you. They want access to the Arctic region as well since there are untold billions (trillions) of barrels of oil yet to be tapped. Do you think the ascent of Hugo Chavez at the turn of the century was an accident? They have lost Venezuela, and now, they are coming for you! You still have time to resist.
I hereby give my full fledged support to any province of Canada that wishes to declare independence and join in partnership with the United States of America.
Godzilla was Japan’s problem….not Chinas 🙂