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

Canada formally asked the United States and Mexico to extend the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement for another 16 years ahead of a scheduled July review, with Canada’s U.S. trade minister Dominic LeBlanc sending the recommendation to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Mexican Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard. LeBlanc wrote that the agreement is “highly beneficial” to each country and to the integrated North American economy, and Mexico also said it wants the pact extended for 16...