Could Australia join the European Union?
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When Donald Trump announced his so-called Liberation Day tariffs in April last year, one question seemed to dominate: which country would suffer the most economic pain? But since then, one country after the next seems to have awoken to a starkly hopeful realisation: the United States accounts for only 15 per cent of total global imports and trade. So, could these countries join a newly powerful trading bloc? Today, international and political editor Peter Hartcher on recent moves by Canada to possibly join the European Union, and if Australia could follow suit. Background reading: Euro-vision: Could Australia join the European Union? One key minister is open to it (https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/euro-vision-could-australia-join-the-european-union-one-key-minister-is-open-to-it-20260914-p60x5a.html) The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris, from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morni
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