Mark Carney Warns About Weaponized Economic Integration

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney warned at the World Economic Forum on January 20, 2026 that the rules-based global economic order is rupturing as great powers weaponize integration. The commentary links his call for middle-power coalitions to rising risks from Big Tech's surveillance-capable AI, cites the US third-party doctrine and a reported Meta memo on facial-recognition, and warns this convergence threatens privacy and sovereignty.