Canada in the Geopolitical Realities of the XXI Century: Some Turning Points of the Foreign Economic Course

Abstract

The article attempts to consider the influence of the geopolitical factor on the foreign economic relations of Canada in 2014-2018. The author concludes that the Canadian political elites associate their foreign economic activity primarily with those states, that are united with them in strategic military-political alliances. A typical example of this is the free trade agreement with the EU, concluded by the Conservative government of Harper, as well as the U. S. M. C. A. agreement, coordinated by Canada first and foremost with the United States, its main ally in the military-political alliance of NATO. This study is based on the historical sources, which are connected with the existing programmes of Canadian Liberals and Conservatives, Donald Trump’s speeches, as well as on the analysis of foreign and domestic historiography on this issue.