'The age of impulse': G20 leaders meet as world order is rocked by a clash between giants

By Evan Dyer · CBC News ·

Trade and diplomatic friction between China and the U.S. is forcing nations to choose sides - Canada included

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U.S. President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Chinese President Xi Jinping. The world order is being rattled by a clash between great powers, with Canada caught in the squeeze.

At the end of the week, the world's 20 most powerful nations are coming together in Japan at a time when the international system that binds them together is under heavy pressure from its two biggest players.

The world's largest trade dispute, between its two biggest economies, is affecting people who are neither Chinese nor American — like Canadian canola farmers.

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