Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade deals are over, says Mexican lawmaker

A veteran Mexican lawmaker says the era of trilateral trade deals between Mexico-Canada and the U.S. is ending.

Deputy Germán Martínez Cázares , a former member of the ruling National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party, says the existing agreement won’t survive the stress exerted by the nationalism pushed by the current U.S. and Mexican administrations.

“We are going to see bilateral agreements between Mexico and Canada, between Mexico and the United States,” Martínez Cázares, told CBC News on Tuesday during a sitting of Mexico’s lower house, known as the Chamber of Deputies.

“We are entering into uncertain territory.”

While the Mexican government, from President Claudia Sheinbaum down to rank-and-file Morena deputies, continually stresses its commitment to a continued trilateral t