Canada's next prime minister said the U.S. is “a country we can no longer trust” and that higher tariffs would continue “until the Americans show us respect.”

He is a card-carrying member of the global technocratic elite, and he has led not one but two central banks—Britain’s and Canada’s. And he’s a regular at Davos.

Carney comes from a long career in finance, which people believe will help him manage the growing economic tensions between the U.S. and Canada. Carney is expected to be sworn in sometime this week,