Canada seeks 16-year USMCA renewal before July review (opens in new tab)

Canada formally asked the United States and Mexico to renew the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement for another 16 years before a scheduled July review of the trade pact. Dominic LeBlanc, Canada’s minister for U.S. trade, sent the recommendation to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Mexican Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, writing that the agreement is highly beneficial to all three countries and the integrated North American economy. LeBlanc and Canada’s chief trade negotiator, ...