ABSTRACT This commentary addresses the challenges posed by the “new world disorder” that Trump’s election of 2016 brought on and assesses options open to Canada to cope with it. First, however, it questions how much is new in the Trump era versus what went before and whether the shift is overstated. It argues a need to distinguish presidential behavior, and rhetoric from real policy changes and critique the myth of a liberal, internationalist, “rules-based order” under a benign US hegemony that allegedly preceded Trump. It then evaluates Canada’s options to reduce vulnerability including strengthening the domestic economy and institutions, lessening trade dependence on the US and working with US domestic and international allies. It concludes that some options are difficult to achieve while others have been tried in the past. Ultimately history suggests there is no guarantee of a smooth relationship where US and Canadian interests diverge, with or without Trump.

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变化还是延续？特朗普时代应对美国

摘要此评论解决了特朗普大使2016年选举所带来的“新世界疾病”所带来的挑战，并评估向加拿大开放的备选方案以应对它。然而，首先，它质疑特朗普时代有多少新事物与之前的事物相比，以及这种转变是否被夸大了。它认为有必要将总统的行为和言辞与真正的政策变化区分开来，并批评据称先于特朗普的美国良性霸权下的自由主义、国际主义、“基于​​规则的秩序”的神话。然后评估加拿大减少脆弱性的选项，包括加强国内经济和机构、减少对美国的贸易依赖以及与美国国内和国际盟友合作。它的结论是，有些选项难以实现，而其他选项过去曾尝试过。