Canada's Carney to address EU Parliament as Trump tariffs push Ottawa toward Brussels

Prime Minister Mark Carney will address the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 17 September, a day after Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union speech, as Canada seeks deeper ties with the bloc following the collapse of trade talks with Washington. “This fall we will begin intense discussions with the European Union … to build a much stronger and deeper economic and security partnership,” Carney said, after the US imposed 50 percent tariffs on roughly 28 billion dollars of Canadian goods and Ottawa answered with retaliatory measures on nearly 900 items.

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