Trump Threatens EU With Tariffs Over Canada Associate Membership; House Passes Bill to Ensure Data Centers Cover Their Own Energy Costs

U.S. President Donald Trump says that if European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s proposal for Canada to become an associate member of the European Union is intended as a hostile act against the United States, he may impose tariffs on the EU.

“I think it’s laughable,” Trump said, while calling Canada a “terrible trade partner.”

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a measure put forward by Republicans that would provide a federal blueprint to ensure data centers pay for their use of local energy grids. It passed 417–3.

The legislation would impose new requirements that AI and other data centers—which draw huge amounts of electricity from local power grids, straining supplies and leading to utility bill shocks for households across the nation—make deals with local providers to cover “the full, incremental cost of any generation, transmission, or distribution upgrade necessary” to serve their energy needs.

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