Canada seeks closer European Union ties, exploring associate membership status. This strategic pivot follows escalating trade disputes with the United States. Discussions involve free movement of goods, services, and workers in key sectors. Joint infrastructure projects for energy and data are also under consideration. Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet French President Emmanuel Macron soon.

Canadian officials are reportedly seeking closer ties with the European Union amid the trade war between Canada and the U.S.

Sources cited by the newspaper said that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney had spent several months discussing "closer integration of Canada and its 41 mln residents into the…