# EU Calls for Closer Alliance With Canada to Aid Trade, Security

https://mins.news/en/item/60650

- Bloomberg News, 2026-09-16 09:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-16/eu-calls-for-closer-alliance-with-canada-to-aid-trade-security?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6aaa61a3a4391a0001266f3f

> The European Union and Canada are preparing a new kind of alliance centered on trade and security, according to remarks European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is set to make in her state of the union address on Wednesday.

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