Trump Threatens EU Tariffs Over Offer to Make Canada Associate Member

President Donald Trump threatened the European Union with 'very serious tariffs or stop trading with Europe' — tariffs are import taxes — after Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed Canada as the EU's first associate member, a partnership short of full membership. Trump called it 'laughable' and a 'hostile act,' but said 'If it's a good intention, that's fine.'