What in the world? Pieces of global opinion 30 April 2014

Canada

Winning the Keystone battle – The Obama administration’s decision to once again delay approval for the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to Texas is “a rebuke to a loyal ally who is also America’s biggest customer”, writes Colin Robertson in the Globe and Mail.

Rather than seek retribution, however, Canada should focus on building east-west pipelines to open up alternative markets overseas. In addition, it should increase contact with US state governments and friendly members of Congress, bypassing White House obstructionism, he concludes.