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Canada's European opening

What is real today, what is only an invitation, and who still has to say yes.

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A trade war makes second markets precious.

Canada and the United States are in a trade war, each taxing the other's goods, and Washington has repeatedly questioned Canadian sovereignty. Europe faces its own US tariffs. Both sides needed a hedge, and each is the other's most natural one: Canada wants buyers and allies it can rely on, and Europe wants Canadian energy, minerals and defence industry. The courtship was underway by mid-2025; the trade war turned it urgent.

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