Carney pitches Canada to global investors amid US trade war

For decades, one of Canada’s biggest selling points to foreign investors was its access to the world’s largest economy next door.Prime Minister Mark Carney is now trying to sell something bigger — to bet on Canada itself.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Canadian economy recovers sharply in Q2 but shadow of US tariffs in futurelist 2 of 4With the US and Canada locked in a trade war, fears of a recession lurklist 3 of 4The losers of the US-Canada trade warlist 4 of 4Bombardier looks to hire 500 new workers in US, despite Trump threatend of listOn Monday and Tuesday, hundreds of global investors will gather in Toronto for the Canada Investment Summit. The invitation-only meeting will bring some of the world’s largest pension and sovereign wealth funds and asset managers together with corporate executives, Canadian premiers and federal officials.Carney, a former central banker with deep ties to the global investment world, wants them to put money into everything from mines and pipelines to ports, artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing. It is part of a much bigger push to catalyse $1 trillion in investment in Canada over the next five years, with about $280bn in...