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Canada Is Acting Increasingly like the EU’s 28th Member State

Mark Carney is moving away from the US and closer to Europe on defense and trade.
Mark Carney in Montreal, on April 11.Photographer: Andrej Ivanov/AFP/Getty Images

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Canada may not want be the 51st US state, but it’s increasingly acting like the 28th state of the European Union — at least in spirit.