Carney expects to conclude talks on making Canada EU’s first associate member in June

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney expects negotiations on a proposed Canada–EU partnership to conclude in June. The arrangement would create an unprecedented associate-member relationship, short of full EU membership, within a broader economic and security alliance.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Friday he expects to conclude negotiations with the European Union in June on an unprecedented partnership that would make Canada the bloc’s first “associate member”, even though the designation was left out of a joint declaration launching a new economic and security alliance. Carney said he would attend a meeting of European leaders in June to conclude negotiations on the proposed relationship, which would stop short of full EU membership. “In...