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Canada’s ambassador to the US is an understated sign from the Trump administration that it is considering breaking the North American Free Trade Agreement in separate events with Mexico and Canada.
Kirsten Hillman, who also served as Canada’s lead agreement on trade talks with the US, said Thursday that the basic rules of the Canada-Us-Mexico Agreement (Cusma) apply to all three countries.
“There’s a big base there, and I haven’t heard any indication from the US side that they want to change that base,” Hillman told Katie Simpson in Washington on Thursday.
Hillman’s comments come a day after the trade for Jamieson Greer He floated the Canada-Mexico Free Trade Agreement to replace Cusma early next year, when the deal faces a critical renewal deadline.
“Our economic relationship with Canada is very different than our economic relationship with Mexico,” Grayer told an event hosted Wednesday by the Atlantic Council, a Washington-based think tank focused on international affairs.
“The labor situation is different. The energy import profile is different. The rule of law is different. So it makes sense to talk about things differently than Canada and Mexico,” Greer said.
US President Donald Trump’s Trade Teniotor Jamiesson Greener says the administration is looking to ditch the three-way free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, moving to different deals instead.
Greer said that he did not have a joint discussion on trade with Canada and Mexico for the whole year, but he had speeches decorated with topics and officials in each country separately.
Hillman says such talks by central countries are unusual and he predicted Cusma, or the proposed version of the agreement, will stay in place.
There’s no cause for alarm, Hillman said
“I don’t think this is a place for alarm,” he said. “The strong, predictable, open, open trade relationship that exists between our three countries is essential to the prosperity of our three countries. So that’s what gives me confidence that this agreement will remain.”
All three countries must indicate by July 1 of the following year whether they want to extend the agreement, renew their terms or accept it.
Under US law, Greer must provide a report to Congress By Jan. 2 showing management strategies for a trade agreement.
Any country can announce its intention to withdraw from cusma at any time by giving six months’ notice.
The Minister in charge of Canada – trade with Canada, Dominic Leblanc, told Canadian fans in the annual interview that he, too, has no reason to believe that the Trump administration is preparing to fire Cusma.
Hillman spoke to CBC News before a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill about the House approach and the Committee’s approach, which oversees tariffs and trade.
He said he will brief US lawmakers on Canada’s CUSMA goals to review and provide data on the creation of opportunities for communities in their communities from trade.
“Many of those members sell billions of dollars worth of goods to Canada every single year. Lots of jobs, lots of economic activity. We need to keep it strong,” Hillman said.
Canada-US trade relations are more difficult between US President Donald Trump’s Tariffs Since he returned to the White House in January.
Cusma provides important protection for Canada from a large amount of tariffs, making a large number of Canadian exports a tool.
Despite the trade deal, the US has slapped steel and aluminum imports with 50 percent tariffs, as well as automotive cabinets and kitchen cabinets with 25 percent tariffs.
Talks continued about reducing steel and aluminum tariffs but Trump reported to them in October, It is caused by an anti-tariff Television ad campaign by the Government of Ontario.
Hillman said Thursday that the US has not planned any resumption of those talks.
Hillman announced this week that he will step down as ambassador in the new year, after serving at the post since 2020.
