Nigeria, Jan. 21 -- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said the narrative that the United States-led international order operated equally for all was always partially false.

At the World Economic Forum in Switzerland on Tuesday, he acknowledged that many countries, including Canada and many European countries, benefited from American hegemony, which provided a better trade system, financial stability, and collective security.

"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," he said further.

"This bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition. Over ...