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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has welcomed the prospect of his country becoming the European Union’s first associate member, saying such an alliance is aimed to be a “beacon for democracies” and not to “dominate others”.
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alliance → welcome → others
Speaking in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Carney said Canada “welcomes” von der Leyen’s ambition to make the country an associate member.
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country → speak → ambition
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Carney → raise → war
Canadians are bracing for the impact of Trump’s trade war
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Canadians → brace → war
We do not pursue zero-sum deals.
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We → pursue → deals
We hold common values for which we have always fought, and in whose defence we must always remain vigilant,” Carney said to applause from European lawmakers.
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Carney → hold → lawmakers
“I am not proposing a third bloc in order to become a great-power rival – only with better manners,” he continued.
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“We do not seek power to dominate others.
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On the contrary, we are pursuing resilience so that no one can control our open markets, impair our sovereignty, threaten our territorial integrity, or undermine our freedoms, our democracies, our rule of law.”
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one → pursue → law
Carney listed a slew of areas where he wanted to ramp up cooperation.
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“Canada and Europe should secure our strategic autonomy through deep cooperation in the full range of strategic capabilities, including critical minerals, defence industrial capacity, AI and compute, energy security, space and payments.”
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Canada → secure → minerals
He also said the EU and Canada should move towards “seamless digital trade” and allow young people from both sides to work and study on either side of the Atlantic.
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people → say → Atlantic
The EU and Canada have been facing stiff rivalry and pressure from Trump’s administration on trade, among other matters, and from an increasingly assertive China.
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EU → face → China
Trump threatened late on Wednesday to take action against the EU if it moves forward with von der Leyen’s proposal of associate membership for Canada.
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If they do that, if I think it’s at all a hostile act, I will put very serious tariffs or stop trading with Europe on many things,” Trump told reporters, calling the proposal “laughable”.
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Trump → do → proposal
“If it’s a good intention, that’s fine.
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that → ’ → ?
If it’s a bad intention, we’ll put very heavy tariffs on Europe,” he added.
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he → ’ → Europe
The European Commission (EC) said von der Leyen’s proposal – which is yet to be fleshed out and will need to be approved by EU member states to go forward – was not a hostile act.
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which → say → states
“As our President (von der Leyen) made clear yesterday, the proposed strengthening of our partnership with Canada is not against anyone else, but for our common strength,” said Olof Gill, an EC spokesperson.
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Gill → make → strength
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