Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday he hopes to finalize an agreement by June establishing Canada as the European Union’s first “associate member.”

Carney announced the target date at the conclusion of a two-day Canada-EU summit in Montreal, where he joined European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa to launch a new partnership focused on trade, technology, defense, and energy.

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