From Breakingviews - Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Mark Carney’s EU pitch has strikingly strong logic ↧ ↧ Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Mark Carney’s EU pitch has strikingly... Distance limits the ‌Canadian prime minister’s push for ‘associate membership’ of the European bloc. Yet interests are aligned for closer links. Ottawa wants to diversify beyond the US, which takes 72% ⁠of its exports. Brussels needs energy, critical minerals and security partners.