News Summary

• Canada and EU should ally to protect democracies, Carney says, after 'associate member' proposal angers Trump.
• u.s. President Donald ‌Trump threatened trade sanctions in response to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's proposal to create a new status for the EU-Canada relationship.
• Carney did not adopt the term "ass associate member" used a day earlier, but said he appreciated "the ambition" that her suggestion conveyed.
• He was not seeking to form a "third bloc" to act as "a great-power rival" to Washington and Beijing "only with better manners," Carney said.