Lucy Hough

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Today in Focus · Taking on Trump: Canada and EU forge closer ties – The Latest · 17 Sep 2026 podcast

Well Mark Carney has been addressing the European Parliament today, saying that Canada and the EU are not fair weather allies, that Canada welcomed the ambition of associate membership, so even if he was surprised on Wednesday he's come round to the idea it seems. voice-verified

What did he say that he hoped Canada would get out of this closer relationship? voice-verified

Yeah, and the sort of symbolism of it, even though that is extremely significant. voice-verified

Um, it's fair to say that this has not gone done well in Trump's uh White House. voice-verified

He's been throwing his toys out of the pram, he's been uh threatening his favourite thing to threaten, uh which is tariffs. voice-verified

What have we been hearing from President Trump? voice-verified

And why do you think he's so rattled by this? voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

I mean i it it's very new as a concept, this idea of an associate member and for the European Union it was quite unprecedented. voice-verified

I mean traditionally it has been very, very difficult to join the EU. voice-verified

Uh and and of course, you know, w when we bro the UK left the European Union it was but made very clear to us there would be certain things that we we would absolutely not have access to that rejoining would be voice-verified

intensely difficult that we couldn't have one foot in the single market and still have trade benefits, etc, etc. voice-verified

So why do you think that position has shifted and do you think there are other countries that they are considering or looking at? voice-verified

Well, I think we can certainly describe Britain as a country with quite deep commitment issues, as are many of the men who reside in it, as anyone who's been on a dating app recently will will understand. voice-verified

Um but you know, is so this isn't I mean I my next question was gonna be, is this something that Britain could consider or could this answer some of the questions that Labour has about how to form closer ties with Europe? voice-verified

Sounds. voice-verified

It certainly does voice-verified

A second circle is a is an interesting way of looking at it, but this sense of a a a reshaping of new alliances. voice-verified

Mark Carney was at the football with our new Prime Minister Andy Burnham. voice-verified

You know, Mark Kearney here is of course an interesting figure, having been the chief of the Bank of England for for many years during the voice-verified

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