US EditionCanada and the US to Launch Formal Talks to Review Their Free Trade Agreement in Mid-January
Formal talks will address tariffs and U.S. concerns on Canadian dairy, alcohol bans, and digital laws amid looming 2026 USMCA review, with $3.6 billion in daily cross-border trade.
- On Dec. 18, 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney said sectoral tariff talks will fold into the broader CUSMA review kicking off in 2026, with no near-term deal expected.
- U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told lawmakers this week that supply-managed dairy and the Online Streaming Act are top irritants, with additional concerns including the Online News Act and provincial bans on U.S. alcohol.
- Negotiators had been close in October on metals tariffs before President Donald Trump ended talks after an Ontario anti-tariff ad aired in the U.S., which Carney later had pulled at his request.
- Carney said Canada will only sign agreements consistent with Canadian workers and families, reaffirming protection of supply-management controls despite U.S. signals for tougher concessions.
- U.S. duties of roughly 45% on Canadian softwood lumber remain a key irritant, while U.S. proposals on rules of origin and a critical minerals marketplace shape CUSMA consultation talks.
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Toronto (Canada), Dec 19 (EFE).- Canada and the United States will begin formal bilateral negotiations to review the T-MEC treaty and its trade relations in mid-January, as confirmed by the Canadian government on Friday. Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a statement that the minister in charge of trade relations with the US, Dominic LeBlanc, will meet with representatives of the administration of President Donald Trump from mid-January…
Formal Talks on USMCA Trade Deal to Begin in January: Carney’s Office
Canada will begin formal discussions with the United States in January to review the United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) free trade agreement, the Prime Minister’s Office says. Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc will meet with his U.S. counterparts in mid-January to launch the formal USMCA negotiations, the PMO said in a readout of the first ministers meeting, which took place Dec. 18. Prime Minister Mark Carney met virtually with Canada…
Canada and the United States will begin formal discussions to review the T-MEC in mid-January, said Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's office.The Prime Minister confirmed to provincial leaders that Dominic LeBlanc, the head of trade relations between the United States and Canada, "will meet with his American counterparts in mid-January to start formal discussions," Carney's office detailed in a statement Thursday night.The trade treaty betwee…
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