Canada’s Liberal party will elect a new leader this weekend and Chrystia Freeland is running to replace Justin Trudeau as prime minister. Donald Trump’s belligerence towards his northern neighbour seems to have restored the party’s popularity ahead of a general election this year. Chrystia tells host Gideon Rachman that Canadians are sticking together and that they have some strong cards to play.

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Gideon Rachman is the chief foreign affairs commentator at the Financial Times. You can find his column here.

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Donald Trump’s tariffs loom suddenly through the fog of trade war

Europe has bought Zelenskyy some time

Donald Trump warns tariffs will cause ‘a little disturbance’ in defiant speech

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Gideon tests the mood in Kiev three years after the Russian invasion as the Trump presidency upends previous tenets of international politics. He talks to Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko and Oleksandr Khomiak, director of Drone Space Labs, a defence start-up. Clip: European Commission

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Ukraine agrees minerals deal with US

US drives Ukraine war measure through UN with Russian backing

Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s toughest battle begins

Now is the time for Europe really to step up on Ukraine

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Gideon dissects US vice-president JD Vance’s incendiary speech at the Munich Security Conference with German businessman Mathias Döpfner. They discuss the state of the transatlantic relationship and how Donald Trump’s actions towards Russia and Ukraine could mark a turning point. They are then joined by FT colleague Laura Pitel to talk about Döpfner’s media empire Axel Springer and the cancellation of federal government subscriptions to the Politico Pro news service. Clip: The White House

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Donald Trump calls Volodymyr Zelenskyy a ‘dictator’ as US rift with Ukraine deepens

Vance’s real warning to Europe

How Europe can defend itself without US help

Europe’s dependence on US tech is a critical weakness

Donald Trump opens the door to Vladimir Putin’s grandest ambitions

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