Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that middle powers must stop pretending the rules-based international order is still functioning and instead build coalitions to survive.

He urged countries to start condemning economic coercion, even when practised by a great power ally – a clear reference to the United States.

The Prime Minister’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Tuesday follows an extraordinary threat by President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on European allies and Britain until Washington is allowed to acquire Greenland for strategic purposes.