# Canada could become EU ‘associate member’ amid Trump tensions

https://mins.news/en/video/61506

- BBC News, 2026-09-16 18:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx1K66eS2_I

> European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has supported a proposal for Canada to become the European Union’s first “associate member”. Prime Minister Mark Carney is seeking closer ties with Europe as relations with the United States deteriorate over Donald Trump’s trade tariffs and remarks about Canada becoming the “51st state”.

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