Carney's Davos speech was 'very good,' Sheinbaum says. 'I don't know if you heard it'

Mexico’s president and a federal deputy are praising Mark Carney’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland from earlier this week.

President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke in support of the Canadian prime minister on Wednesday morning during a press conference.

“(It was a) very good speech by Carney, by Prime Minister Carney, I don’t know if you heard it,” she said, Mexico News Daily reported . “(It was) very much in tune with the current times.”

Both Canada and Mexico have been at odds with the United States since President Donald Trump started his second term. Carney said that countries like Canada have prospered “under what we called the rules-based international order.” It was accepted that “trade rules were enforced asymmetrically” and “international law applied with varying rigour depending on the identity of the accused or the victim.”

There were benefits to American hegemony, he said, but “this bargain no longer works.”

“We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition,” said Carney.

Juan Ignacio Zavala Gutiérrez told CBC News that he thought Carney’s speech was “very powerful, clear and intelligent.” He is a deputy and part of Mexico’s opposition Citizen’s Movement party.

“I think the important thing about his speech is not only the analytical aspect, but also what emerging forces are going to do to forge alliances against that power,” he said.

“What Carney is saying is that if we all negotiate bilaterally alone with the hegemonic powers, we will always lose precisely because of the size of those countries. But if we achieve these strategic alliances by issue, I believe we can build a much fairer and more equitable world order.”

Trump’s speech came a day after Carney’s and the U.S. president didn’t hold back.

Trump said he watched Carney’s address. “He wasn’t so grateful,” said Trump. “They should be grateful to us, Canada — but they’re not. Canada lives because of the United States. Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements.”

“Canada gets a lot of freebies from us, by the way,” Trump told the WEF audience, after mentioning the U.S. plan to build a missile defence system called the Golden Dome that would also protect Canada. “They should be grateful also, but they’re not.”

In another sign of allyship between Mexico and Canada, Governor General Mary Simon met with Sheinbaum this week. The Mexican president seemed pleased with the visit, which took place from Monday to Wednesday.

Sheinbaum called Simon a “fighter for the defense of Indigenous peoples and reconciliation” in a post on X and said they discussed “matters of common interest such as the environment and the good relationship between our nations.”

En Palacio Nacional, recibimos a la gobernadora general de Canadá, Mary Simon, luchadora por la defensa de los pueblos indígenas y la reconciliación.Conversamos sobre asuntos de interés común como el medio ambiente y la buena relación entre nuestras naciones. pic.twitter.com/Fwl3gw5FjX

— Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (@Claudiashein) January 20, 2026

The comments from Mexican leaders come ahead of a Canadian trade mission to Mexico scheduled to begin in mid-February. It is part of Carney’s plan to deepen ties with the North American country.

Negotiations for the Canada-U.S.-Mexico free trade agreement (CUSMA) are also set to take place this year.

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