Sri Lanka, Jan. 22 -- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has warned of global fissures beyond US threats to Greenland in a WEF speech that won him a standing ovation on Tuesday.

"We knew the story of the international rules-based order was partially false, that the strongest would exempt themselves when convenient, that trade rules were enforced asymmetrically," Carney said in a speech at Davos.

He pointed out that US power had meant that the rules-based order had been imperfect, with the enforcement of trade rules and international law applying on the basis of military and economic might.

"This fiction was useful, and American hegemony, in particular, helped provide public goods, open sea lanes, a stable financial system, collective...