SINGAPORE >> As Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada left for a weeklong swing through Asia, he faced a worsening economic picture at home. Plants were closing, and jobs were being lost. Inflation was edging up, and there were signs that the country was sliding toward a recession.

Then President Donald Trump made matters more fraught when, angered over a television advertisement that featured former President Ronald Reagan criticizing tariffs, he vowed to impose even more levies on Canada.

Now, with relations with the United States at one of their lowest points, Carney is under pressure to show he has a plan to move Canada away from its long-established economic dependence on its neighbor, and he is banking on Asia to help.

But that carries its own risks. Carney said he planned to meet

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