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"The White House called that policy unfair and said in a fact sheet explaining the memo that “President Trump is taking action to hold Canada accountable for its continued unreasonable and discriminatory treatment of U.S. goods, which has burdened and disadvantaged hard-working Americans.” For its part, the EU has taken a different course with Washington, reaching a trade agreement that set a 15% tariff ceiling on the vast majority of EU exports while Europe eliminated tariffs on US industrial goods. Canada has already joined EU’s defense procurement program Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada’s ambassador-designate to the EU, said Wednesday that Ottawa had discussed associate membership with European officials before von der Leyen’s speech and “knew that that was something that was on the table."

Framing: assertive · First seen: 2026-09-17 · Last seen: 2026-09-17 · Spread: 1 articles