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EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'

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  1. neom · · focus · HN ↗
    No idea what this actually means, if it means easier trade, I'm all for anything that reduces our dependency on the yanks, as long as we don't need to be involved in their regulatory or legal regimes. The Americans are no longer our friends, Salut, mes amis Européens. :)
    1. FabCH · · focus · HN ↗
      Carney was asking for freedom of movement of goods, people and services, but without full monetary and legislative integration.

      So, easier to sell stuff, easier to buy stuff, free to just travel to/from Canada/EU and work there with no extra paperwork, free to buy and sell service from Canada to EU and vice versa.

      No Euro, no vote in EU, no ECJ, no payments into each others budget.

      Tighter integration than UK, not as tight as Norway/Switzerland/Iceland.

      Common defense was already agreed anyhow.

      I can tell you this enjoys broad support in the EU public. Although, no joke, a lot of peoples first reaction is: "They need to compete in Eurovision first. Otherwise they should wait for Australia to join first."

      1. paganel · · focus · HN ↗
        > and legislative integration

        Does Canada's agricultural output follow EU's (quite strict) norms? Not sure if this falls under "legislative integration" but I'd say that it would be quite important to have settled. The same goes when it comes to Canada's work-related laws.

        1. throw0101c · · focus · HN ↗
          > Does Canada's agricultural output follow EU's (quite strict) norms?

          Which output specifically? To take one example, the Dijon mustard coming out of France is mostly from Canadian mustard seeds:

          * <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Dijon_mustard#2022_shortage_in_France" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Dijon_mustard#2022_shortage_in...

          1. b112 · · focus · HN ↗
            I want to know the person who grows the celery seeds.

            I bought a box 37 years ago, a tiny little box, and I&#x27;ve been using it to season soups, almost weekly that whole time.

            There can&#x27;t be more than one guy that grows those seeds, for the entire planet! So my questions are, first who is this guy, and second is the in the EU?

            Also, has anybody else noticed this?

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