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Menaced by #Trump, #Canada Prepares to Join #EU #Military Industry Buildup
Canada’s draft deal to participate in #Europe’s #defense industry will bring contracts to Canadian #manufacturers & help lessen dependence on the #UnitedStates.
#geopolitics #NewWorldOrder #alliance #NATO #democracy #autocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/world/canada/canada-eu-military-industry-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=F359012C-E9F6-4ED9-9ACD-5E24B722BE0C
#Canada is in advanced talks w/the #EU to join the bloc’s new project to expand its #military industry, a move that would allow Canada to be part of building European fighter jets & other military equipment at its own industrial facilities.
The budding #defense cooperation between Canada & the EU, which is racing to shore up its industry to lower reliance on the #US, would boost Canada’s military manufacturers & open up a new market at a time when its relationship w/the US has become frayed.
Shaken by a crisis in the 2 nations’ longstanding #alliance since #Trump’s election, #Canada has started moving closer to #Europe. The #military industry collaboration w/the #EU highlights how traditional #US #allies are deepening their ties without US participation to insulate themselves from Trump’s unpredictable moves.
You realize that when this wording hits the MAGA media, there are going to be a bunch of confused Americans wondering how exactly we're moving Canada towards Europe... did we saw through the 49th parallel like Bugs Bunny?