As part of the section on the negotiation marathon, we will talk about the creation of a new "EU-Canada alliance for the future" with the possible accession of all to it. The official part is balanced and clear. This "alliance" is a conscious opposition to Trump's unpredictable policies. As of yesterday, it is known that Japan, Australia and Great Britain are also willing to consider the possibility of participating in such an alliance. Nothing is known yet about the desire of the Ukrainian leadership to join the alliance. The purpose of the program is to create such an alliance, including support for Ukraine. These are official data. But behind the scenes serious negotiations and games were going on. The US Secretary of State, during a conversation on the sidelines of the G20 with his European and Canadian counterparts, warned them that the US President sees the creation of such an "alliance" as a direct threat to US national interests and is ready to act decisively to protect these interests economically and politically.
At the same time, the US Secretary of State informed his colleagues that the US is aware of the intentions to carry out a close military integration of the member states of the alliance to the point of creating a prototype of a military-political bloc based on it, and he proposes to give up such an idea, but instead to open an "honest discussion" in order to eliminate the existing differences in NATO to others. Expected and mandatory. The US Secretary of State suggested returning to the issue of discussing threats to US national interests from creating such an alliance after the elections and involving not only representatives of the US executive branch, but also the legislative branch.
The parties agreed to expand comprehensive consultations and negotiations on this issue after the US elections. We await the details of the discussion on the possible change of the alliance, economically and militarily-politically. At least this information has been announced. It is worth noting that Rubio's actions are predictable - he is again trying to "put out the fire" caused by his boss's policies.