Prime Minister Mark Carney has said Canada plans to begin discussions on a "unique alliance" with the 27-nation European Union that will be based on shared values but be short of a full membership. Conservative MPs have replied that Canadians should be concerned about becoming the "28th EU state." Here's what we know so far.

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…