NYT > World News E.U. Offers to Make Canada ‘Associate Member’ as U.S. Ties Weaken for Both Par : Jeanna Smialek and Matina Stevis-Gridneff 16 septembre 2026 à 05:53 Canada and the European Union have been confronting an increasingly challenging relationship with the United States under President Trump. © Yves Herman/ReutersUrsula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, and Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Wednesday.