Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is seeking closer trade and security ties with the European Union to reduce Canada’s reliance on the United States as President Donald Trump’s trade war strains relations.

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…