Canada-EU summit: What do both sides want, and what’s at stake?

Carney backs EU-Canada associate membership amid Trump tariff threats Canada is set to host a summit with the European Union to bolster bilateral strategic and economic ties as its relations with its southern neighbour, the United States, are in sharp decline. The summit is scheduled for October 29 to 30 in Canada’s French-speaking city of Montreal, and is expected to focus on closer cooperation on trade, technology, defence, energy, critical minerals, artificial intelligence, research and financial services. In September, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed opening the door for Canada to become the EU’s first “associate member”; Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed the move.