The ink isn’t even dry on Canada’s new defence industrial strategy, and there are already uneasy rumblings from Washington. The objections are not aimed at Canada — at least not yet — but they could eventually spill across an already strained border.
A week ago, both the U.S. State Department and the Department of Defence quietly fired a shot across the bow of the European Union over its rearmament plans.
The Trump administration warned European allies against defence policies that favour domestic producers — commonly known as the “buy European” clauses in a security directive recently revised by the EU.
