US Declines to Extend USMCA, Putting $149 Billion in Agri-Food Trade on an Uncertain Path
The United States will not renew the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, according to US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, amid Wednesday's July 1 joint review deadline. Fox Business subsequently reported that President Trump will instead pursue separate bilateral trade deals with Canada and Mexico lasting up to 10 years. Both Canada and Mexico had pressed for a full 16-year extension. They did not get it.
The outcome was widely expected. Trump has floated withdrawing from the deal entirely, and US officials gave no...
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