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For­mer cen­tral banker Mark Car­ney was sworn in as Cana­da’s new prime min­is­ter on Fri­day, and will now try to steer his coun­try through a trade war brought by U.S. Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump, an­nex­a­tion threats and an ex­pect­ed fed­er­al elec­tion.

Car­ney, 59, re­places Prime Min­is­ter Justin Trudeau, who an­nounced his res­ig­na­tion in Jan­u­ary but re­mained in pow­er un­til the Lib­er­al Par­ty elect­ed a new leader. Car­ney is wide­ly ex­pect­ed to trig­ger a gen­er­al elec­tion in the com­ing days or weeks.

The gov­ern­ing Lib­er­al Par­ty had ap­peared poised for a his­toric elec­tion de­feat this year un­til Trump de­clared eco­nom­ic war and re­peat­ed­ly has said Cana­da should be­come the 51st state. Now the par­ty and its new leader could come out on top.