Overview

• In Berlin, Carney and Chancellor Friedrich Merz unveiled deeper cooperation on defence and supply chains, with economy ministers set to sign a critical‑minerals accord covering lithium, rare earths, nickel and other key inputs.
• Ottawa outlined plans to expand energy ties with Germany on LNG and hydrogen and said port upgrades — including in Montreal and Churchill — will be announced soon to move energy and mineral exports to Europe.
• Canada trimmed its submarine procurement to two bidders — Germany’s Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean — as Carney toured TKMS’s Kiel shipyard and maintained a target to choose by 2027.
• In Riga, Carney renewed Operation Reassurance for three years, keeping roughly 2,000 Canadian troops in Latvia and sustaining Canada’s role leading the NATO multinational brigade through 2029.
• Ottawa signaled larger defence outlays, stating it will meet NATO’s 2 percent benchmark this year and has endorsed longer‑term investment pledges set at the 2025 NATO summit.