Trump threatens EU with ‘serious tariffs’ after proposal to make Canada first associate member – Europe live

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen says such a partnership is for the European Union’s ‘common strength’

Back to Trump’s threats over the proposed “associate membership” for Canada overnight, France’s Europe minister Benjamin Haddad said in response that the EU has no power to veto EU’s geopolitical choices.

“It is not up to the United States – or ‌anyone else – to choose the political and geopolitical ​direction of the Europeans. Once again, we have a relationship ⁠with Canada, and we are ​fully ​entitled to seek ​to deepen it,” ​Haddad ‌said ​in ​an interview on Public Senat TV channel, reported by Reuters.

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