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Canada Seeks EU ‘Associate Member’ Status as U.S. Trade Talks Collapse
Plus, the latest spot for a Trump Tower is an ex-Soviet republic, and what seven retirees learned after moving to low-tax states
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President Trump once threatened to tariff Canada into becoming America’s 51st state. Now, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is attempting an ambitious pivot toward Europe, with his team using diplomatic backchannels to negotiate an “associate member” status with the European Union. Canada is eyeing ways to informally lock into Europe’s $21 trillion market so goods, services and workers in strategic industries like energy, AI and defense can move frictionlessly across the Atlantic. Our reporters explore how a network—including members of an exclusive Ottawa book club—is trying to pull off one of the most consequential geopolitical shifts in modern history.
And for sports fans tuning in for today’s NFL slate, prepare for some wallet fatigue. The NFL’s Sunday Ticket package is getting smaller—but certainly not cheaper. Driven by a bidding war among media companies, the league has moved more marquee games to stand-alone streaming windows, leaving Sunday Ticket subscribers with fewer games for the regular price tag of $378. Joe Flint breaks down how live sports’ biggest power player is forcing fans and distributors to pay more for a shrinking lineup.
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