Canadian PM is touring Europe and wants a Switzerland style unique alliance rather than EU membership. đ¨đĻ đēđ¸
Carney is trying to build leverage for the negotiation Canada actually needs with Washington by demonstrating that Canada has other places to send its energy and rare earth minerals, even if those places currently take only a fraction as much.
Audience that matters most for this trip isn't Brussels or Liverpool, but White House watching Canada visibly cultivate alternatives it could lean on if the tariff standoff hardens further.
Trade math says the EU relationship, even fully maximized, remains a rounding error next to US tariffs.