Politics
Canada Extends Olive Branch to Saudi Arabia After Diplomatic Blowout
- Tweets prompted curbs on investment and withdrawal of doctors
- Feud adds to global weariness with Trudeau’s foreign policy
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Canada is extending an olive branch to Saudi Arabia after a diplomatic blowout, as the countries weigh whether they can potentially avoid a prolonged standoff affecting Canadian firms and Saudi students.
Tweets about a human rights case erupted last month into an unusually public brawl between two Group of 20 nations -- both a rebuke of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s preachy brand of liberal foreign policy and the latest sign of the Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s rising tendency to throw his weight around. The Saudis expelled the ambassador, curbed investment, recalled medical students and lambasted Canada for interfering in domestic affairs.