TL;DR:
- Trade is a cornerstone of the EU–Canada partnership. Since its provisional application in 2017, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) has significantly deepened economic ties by eliminating tariffs on 98% of goods, opening public procurement markets and creating new opportunities for businesses of all sizes. CETA supports high standards on labour, environmental protection and sustainable development, while providing a predictable and transparent framework for transatlantic trade and investment.
- An annual Security and Defence Dialogue has been established, and discussions on a defence industrial cooperation arrangement have now concluded, enabling Canadian companies to participate in the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) procurement instrument. SAFE supports joint defence procurement and enhances the resilience of the European and transatlantic defence industrial base. Canada is the first non-EU country to join the programme.
- On 8 December 2025, the European Union and Canada convened the first meeting of the EU–Canada Digital Partnership Council in Montreal. During this meeting, both partners signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) covering cooperation on artificial intelligence (AI), and on digital credentials, digital identity wallets and trust services. This new forum will guide collaboration on AI governance, quantum technologies, cybersecurity and digital standards. The goal is to build digital systems that are secure, transparent and centred on public trust.
- Both partners are also accelerating the implementation of the Strategic Partnership on Raw Materials, with particular attention to rare earths. Further collaboration is ongoing to strengthen energy supply chains, including natural gas and clean-tech components.
- The European Union and Canada remain closely aligned in their commitment to Ukraine. Both partners continue to coordinate sanctions, military assistance and financial support, as well as efforts to ensure accountability for violations of international law.
I think it would be really great if instead of just reacting to the latest Trump non-sense, the EU and Canada would get together and release Greenland into full independence while the same time make strong security guarantees for it. That aught to give the planners in the Pentagon some second thoughts.
Oh and Canadian troops at the Alaskan border would be also a fun move 😅
Denmark/Greenland is already in NATO, which is a military alliance with a defenc pact of 31 countries (excluding the invading United States, of course). Leaving Denmark would likely mean leaving NATO, which does not seem like a good move.
I am not a NATO treaty expert, but I remember them saying a few years back that in case of an inter-NATO conflict (Turkey Vs. Greece in that case) there was no obligation for other NATO countries to intervene. The same would be likely true for Denmark Vs. the USA. And given that the NATO command infrastructure is largely in US hands, it seems very unlikely that NATO would be of any help in a conflict against the US.
I’m no expert either, so definitely take everything I say with a grain of salt. I think those conflicts were around territorial disputes between Turkey and Greece, probably exacerbated on by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which really fucked Turkey and helped Greece.
Anyway, an invasion of Greenland seems like a clear cut case to invoke article 5 of the treaty. Obviously the command infrastructure in US hands, not to mention US bases on NATO soil (including Greenland), would create a lot of problems that would need to be sorted out first.
