Prompted by collapsed US-Canada trade talks, the European Commission proposed a novel "associate member" status for Canada, though ten of the bloc's 27 nations have yet to ratify their existing decade-old trade agreement.
💬 Some users view this as middle-power alignment against US-China hegemony, while others note US LNG leverage could block it.
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