欧盟委员会主席冯德莱恩在斯特拉斯堡国情咨文演讲中提议邀请加拿大成为欧盟历史上首个"准成员"1413。加拿大总理马克·卡尼表示寻求与欧盟建立"独特联盟"，明确强调不寻求全面成员资格113。这一合作框架的推动背景是加拿大与美国关系恶化，两国贸易谈判于上月底破裂，加拿大对美国的报复性关税在某些行业达到50%213。
合作领域将涵盖先进制造、技术、防务生产、能源、关键矿物、人工智能、量子计算、网络安全等多个方面1。加拿大当前防御支出占国内生产总值的2%，已承诺到2035年增加至5%1。加拿大已加入欧盟防务行动计划（SAFE），该计划提供最高1500亿欧元的贷款用于联合采购军事装备1。加拿大总理卡尼在欧洲议会发表讲话时表示欢迎这一框架13。双方均强调"团结更强大"，尤其是在应对国际秩序分裂的背景下113。
美国总统特朗普随即作出强烈反应。特朗普称该提议"可笑"，并威胁对欧盟征收"非常严厉的关税"，将其描述为"可能的敌对行为"61113。对此，法国欧洲事务部长哈达德回应称，"选择欧洲政治和地缘政治方向的权力不属于美国或任何其他人"11。
任何新的准成员安排需要获得全部27个欧盟成员国的同意方可生效13。加欧峰会定于10月底在蒙特利尔举行13。同时，加拿大希望在未来十年内将非美国贸易翻倍，4月份民调显示超过80%的加拿大人支持加强与欧盟的联系2。
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is pursuing a "unique alliance" with the European Union that stops short of full membership 12. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has responded by proposing that Canada become the bloc's first "associate member," a status that does not currently exist within EU structures 13. The proposal emerged during discussions in Strasbourg focused on expanding cooperation across advanced manufacturing, technology, defense production, energy, critical minerals, artificial intelligence, and quantum computing 1.
The initiative reflects deepening tensions between Canada and the United States. Trade negotiations between the two nations collapsed last month, with Canada implementing retaliatory tariffs reaching 50 percent on certain American goods 2. Canada's current defense spending stands at 2 percent of GDP, with a commitment to increase it to 5 percent by 2035 1. The country has also joined the EU's defense action plan, which provides up to 150 billion euros in loans for joint military equipment procurement 1. Unlike the existing EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which took effect in September 2017 1, this proposed associate membership would represent an entirely new framework allowing deeper strategic integration without full membership obligations 13.
Public support for closer EU ties runs strong in Canada, with over 80 percent of Canadians backing strengthened connections with Europe according to an April poll 2. Canada aims to double its non-U.S. trade within the coming decade 2. An EU-Canada summit is scheduled for late October in Montreal 13. Von der Leyen stated that "democratic nations have the freedom to choose who to cooperate with" 1, signaling openness to the arrangement despite any external opposition.
However, U.S. President Donald Trump has denounced the proposal, calling it "laughable" and warning of "very heavy tariffs" against Europe if the arrangement proceeds 61213. Trump characterized associate membership as a potential "hostile act" 8. France's European Affairs Minister Benjamin Haddad responded: "It is not up to the United States, or anyone else, to choose the political and geopolitical direction of the Europeans" 11. Any new associate member status would require approval from all 27 EU member states 13.
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