据《华尔街日报》报道，欧盟周五设定最后期限，计划明年全面敲定加拿大加入这个27国集团的待定准成员资格，双方在蒙特利尔举行峰会。
The European Union set a deadline on Friday to fully define Canada's pending associate membership to the 27-member bloc next year as the sides met at a summit in Montreal, The Wall Street Journal reported."
加拿大总理马克·卡尼在峰会后的新闻发布会上表示：“我们的社会正遭受新风暴冲击：气候变化引发的动荡、民主规范的侵蚀、贸易的武器化。在未来几个月，我们将确定这种新形式成员资格的全部实质、规模和范围。”
Our societies are being shaken by new storms: the upheaval caused by climate change, the erosion of democratic norms, the weaponization of trade," Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said at a news conference after the summit. "In the coming months we will determine the full substance, scale and scope of this new form of membership."
欧盟委员会主席乌尔苏拉·冯德莱恩承认加拿大准成员资格的局限性，但表示希望强化欧盟与加拿大关系。她周四在峰会上说：“加拿大因地理原因无法成为欧盟正式成员。但我们希望将双边关系提升至尽可能最高的水平。”
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen acknowledged the limitations of a Canadian associate membership, but said at the summit that she wanted to strengthen EU-Canada relations." Canada cannot become a full-fledged member of the EU because of geography," she said on Thursday. "But we want to bring our relationship to the highest level possible."
报道称，峰会期间加拿大与欧盟签署了多项新协议，涉及投资、数字贸易、竞争、超级计算和边境安全等领域。美国贸易战升级推动加拿大寻求欧盟准成员资格卡尼最早于9月提出欧盟准成员资格概念，当时加拿大与美国的贸易战不断升级，这增加了加拿大向其他贸易伙伴进行战略转向的紧迫性。
According to the report, Canada and the EU signed several new agreements during the summit, including those on investment, digital trade, competition, supercomputing, and border security. Push for Canadian associate EU membership initiated by escalating US trade warCarney first pushed the concept of associate EU membership in September, amid the country's escalating trade war with the United States, which has added urgency to its strategic pivot towards other trading partners.
自美国总统唐纳德·特朗普开启第二任期以来，加美关系急剧恶化，双方的贸易争端导致特朗普对加拿大商品加征关税。
Canada-US relations have sharply deteriorated since the start of US President Donald Trump's second term, with a trade spat between the two countries leading to Trump imposing tariffs on Canadian goods.