The fight to preserve North American trade is just beginning: A guide to the USMCA renewal talks

The fight to preserve North American trade

The U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement is up for renewal. Here's a guide to what comes next Mark Rendell Economics Reporter The Globe and Mail Published 19 seconds ago

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Canada has spent months wrangling with the United States over tariffs, but the real discussion about the future of North American trade is only just beginning.

In the coming weeks, the United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer is expected to kick off consultations over the renewal of the continental free trade pact, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

That will formally start the clock on one of the most consequential trade negotiations in Canada’s history.

The USMCA, which replace