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Canada formally requests renewal of North American free trade pact
Key takeaways
- In Tuesday's notice of renewal, Canada-US trade minister Dominic Le Blanc requested that the deal be renewed for another 16 years, calling the agreement "highly beneficial" to all three countries.
- It comes as LeBlanc is in Washington for a meeting with US trade representative Jamieson Greer.
- Greer has concluded the latest round of formal bilateral talks with Mexico, but negotiations with Canada have lagged behind, with the two sides appearing at odds over sector-specific tariffs and automobile manufacturing.
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Nadine Yousif Senior Canada reporter Getty Images Dominic Le Blanc, the minister for Canada-US trade, is in Washington on Tuesday for trade talks Canada has formally requested a renewal of the North American free trade agreement with the US and Mexico, called the USMCA, as the July deadline to renegotiate the pact looms.
In Tuesday's notice of renewal, Canada-US trade minister Dominic Le Blanc requested that the deal be renewed for another 16 years, calling the agreement "highly beneficial" to all three countries.
It comes as LeBlanc is in Washington for a meeting with US trade representative Jamieson Greer.
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