European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen offers Canada a special “associate member” status in the European Union.

US President Donald Trump has threatened the European Union with “very serious tariffs” or restrictions on trade if the bloc moves to make Canada an associate member, calling the proposal “laughable” and suggesting it could be viewed as a hostile act. Trump made the comments on Wednesday after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed during her annual State of the Union address that Canada become the EU's first associate member.

President Donald Trump has issued a new warning to the European Union as the bloc backed Canada to become the first associate member. According to Trump, the EU’s act of giving a nod to Canada...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has welcomed the prospect of his country becoming the European Union’s first associate member in his recent address to the EU Parliament. Carney also hails...

EUobserver understands that Ursula von der Leyen did not consult EU governments before making the offer to Canada and there is anxiety in some EU capitals that cosying up to Mark Carney could inflame Donald Trump into re-starting his tariff war with Europe.