# Trump threatens EU over Canada’s ‘associate membership’ proposal

https://mins.news/en/item/62207

- TRT World, 2026-09-17 07:18 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.trtworld.com/article/0dd446012bb5

> Donald Trump said the United States could impose very serious tariffs on many European goods or halt trade with Europe if he viewed Canada’s proposal for associate membership in the European Union as a hostile act.

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