EU says Canada partnership not aimed at any other country after Trump tariff threat

The EU's framing is the notable part: Brussels is explicitly denying that deeper Canada ties are aimed at Washington, which signals how sensitive the tariff threat has made even routine diversification. This matters less as a trade story than as a measure of how much room middle powers feel they have to widen partnerships without provoking retaliation. The open question is whether the EU-Canada track advances quietly or becomes another front in the tariff dispute.