Trump administration muses about hitting Canada with EU-style tariffs over Carney’s EU pivot

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Prime Minister Mark Carney has explained his push for a closer relationship with Europe in simple terms. “Developing an alliance for the future with the European Union … is based on Canada becoming more sovereign,” he said last week at a press conference on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.Last week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed that Canada could become the European Union’s first “associate member,&rd