# Trump threatens EU over ‘hostile’ plan to make Canada an associate member

https://mins.news/en/video/63235

- France 24 English, 2026-09-17 20:04 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j02dgoFIEWs

> US President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to impose very serious tariffs on Europe or halt trade on many goods if the EU’s proposal to make Canada its first associate member is deemed a hostile act. He called the plan “laughable.”

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