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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US, Canada will launch trade deal negotiations
TORONTO — Canada and the U.S. will launch formal discussions to review their free trade agreement in mid-January, the office of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said.
Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed that Canada will begin formal discussions with the United States in January to review the CEAUM.
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 U.S. will soon launch formal talks on USMCA trade agreement
Canada and the U.S. will launch formal discussions to review their free trade agreement in mid-January, the office of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said.The prime minister confirmed to provincial leaders that Dominic LeBlanc, the country’s point person for U.S-Canada trade relations, “will meet with U.S. counterparts in mid-January to launch formal discussions,” Carney’s office said in a statement late Thursday.The United States-Mexico-Can…
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