Trade minister wants CUSMA renewed as Trump revives 51st state threat
Canada wants the pact renewed for 16 years as trade talks continue and U.S. tariff disputes and review uncertainty pressure negotiators, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc confirmed Canada recommends renewing the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement for another 16 years, describing it as "highly beneficial" to the integrated North American economy.
- The recommendation responds to the pact's mandatory review process, which requires the three countries to decide by July 1 whether to renew, withdraw, or trigger annual reviews.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney noted the United States is pursuing "bifurcated" talks, having raised 30 issues with Canada and 60 with Mexico, while U.S.-Mexico negotiations have already begun.
- LeBlanc traveled to Washington today to meet with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, joined by Chief Trade Negotiator Janice Charette to advance bilateral negotiations.
- President Donald Trump has criticized the agreement as irrelevant, a stance that may complicate renewal efforts despite Canada's push for a long-term commitment.
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Canada calls on US, Mexico to renew free-trade deal for another 16 years
Canada is urging the United States and Mexico to renew a joint trade agreement between the three countries amid ongoing economic and political pressure from the Trump administration. In a Tuesday letter to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Mexico’s Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, Canada’s minister for U.S. trade Dominic LeBlanc called on the countries…
Canada tells U.S. and Mexico it wants free trade deal renewed
Read: 2 min Canada has formally told the United States and Mexico that it wants to renew the North American free trade agreement derided by President Donald Trump, a letter released Tuesday said. Minister of Internal Trade Dominic LeBlanc penned the letter a day before heading to Washington for talks with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on the future of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). The letter, dated June 1, address…
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TORONTO (AP) — Canada urged the United States and Mexico to renew the free trade agreement between the three countries for a further 16 years, just as President Donald Trump revives talks about turning Canada into the...
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