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Xi is portraying his country as a champion of free trade, a backer of multilateral institutions, and making comparisons with the world's other superpower which is seen as trashing both of these.

He is also chair of the Council of the Federation, a multilateral congress that includes all of Canada's provincial and territorial premiers.

The bigger strategic point is that Carney's background means a focus on international solidarity, and defence of the existing multilateral system.

For 80 years, from World War II through the Cold War and beyond, Washington relied on bilateral and multilateral alliances as a critical force multiplier.

A: If the member states pull this off in Korea, it will be the fastest negotiated multilateral environmental agreement in the history of the world.