New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is making his first foreign trip to Europe as tensions rise with U.S. President Donald Trump over trade and Canadian sovereignty. Carney will visit Paris and London to strengthen alliances and discuss economic diversification, while steering clear of Washington for now.

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to Paris and London on Monday to seek alliances as he deals with U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on Canada’s sovereignty and economy. Carney is purposely making his first foreign trip to the capital cities of the two countries that shaped Canada’s early existence.

President Donald Trump since his second White House term began has said Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal should become U.S. property.