Overview
- Trump said the United States may let the USMCA expire next year or seek a new arrangement with Canada and Mexico.
- U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the review period was designed to allow revisions, review, or exit, and he raised splitting the pact into two deals.
- Greer argued the U.S. economic relationship with Canada differs materially from its relationship with Mexico, citing labor, production, and trade profiles.
- Public hearings on the agreement’s future are underway this week, with agriculture, business, and policy groups urging the administration to keep the pact intact.
- Federal law requires the USTR to deliver a recommendation to Congress by January 2, as tariff disputes and paused talks with Canada heighten uncertainty around the review.