Why has Trump refused to renew the USMCA, and what will that mean?
Key takeaways
- Trade ambassador says US will not approve trilateral agreement with Canada and Mexico ‘in its current form’.
- A statement from the US trade representative, Ambassador Jamieson Greer, on Wednesday said the US would not agree to renew the trilateral agreement, also known as USMCA, “in its current form”.
- “The United States will continue to engage with Mexico and Canada to address the Agreement’s shortcomings and our trade deficits with these countries.
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Trade ambassador says US will not approve trilateral agreement with Canada and Mexico ‘in its current form’.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo National flags representing the United States, Canada, and Mexico fly in the breeze in New Orleans where leaders of the North American Free Trade Agreement met on April 21, 2008 [File: Judi Bottoni/AP]By Edna Mohamed and Reuters Published On 2 Jul 20262 Jul 2026The United States has announced that it will not renew a trilateral trade agreement covering $1.6 trillion of trade between the US, Mexico and Canada, one day before the agreement was due for its first joint mandatory review.
A statement from the US trade representative, Ambassador Jamieson Greer, on Wednesday said the US would not agree to renew the trilateral agreement, also known as USMCA, “in its current form”.