Rise Of The Middle Powers: The Network No One Designed. Saturday’s Core Brief

Four leaders building faster than Trump destroys. Series 18 #6

The horizontal trade network connecting middle powers was not planned. There was no summit, and there is no treaty that binds it. Four leaders solved four separate problems, and their solutions work together.

Carney’s raw materials need buyers outside of the U.S. Macron’s bloc needs suppliers outside American control. Modi’s leverage play needs competing offers from both sides. Wong built the systems that process trade between countries. He needs the other three leaders' deals to keep goods, invoices, and payments flowing through Singapore. Each strategy works together. Canadian energy has nowhere to go if Europe does not open procurement. Europe’s defensive tools mean nothing if India and Southeast Asia do not provide alternative supply chains. Modi’s bargaining chips lose value if the EU and UK stop signing deals. Wong’s systems sit empty if the horizontal network stops growing.