U.S. President Donald Trump has said he is “not looking to renew” the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA).
“Well, I’m not looking to renew it,” Trump said on Wednesday.
“I made the deal and the primary reason I made the deal is that NAFTA was the worst trade deal I’ve ever seen. Yeah. And I made it better. But I had the right to terminate.”
CUSMA, which the Americans call the USMCA, replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement that had governed free trade between the three countries since 1992.
“I don’t know that I’m going to redo it because, to be honest with you,” he said Wednesday. “We don’t need anything to Canada has, we don’t need anything that Mexico has, but they need everything that we have, and they have to treat us better.”
“With Mexico and Canada, we have trade deficits. We should have surpluses with them. We don’t need their cars. We don’t need their lumber. We don’t need their energy. We don’t need anything.”
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“With Mexico and Canada, we have trade deficits. We should have surpluses with them. We don’t need their cars. We don’t need their lumber. We don’t need their energy. We don’t need anything.”
CUSMA’s text allows each country the opportunity to extend the agreement for another 16 years or launch a series of annual reviews.
The U.S. and Mexico have spoken regarding a renewal, with scheduled two more rounds of talks next week and in late July.
Aside from the Mexico talks, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Canada’s chief negotiator Janice Charette met with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and his team in Washington last week.
LeBlanc told reporters following conversations with Greer that Canada and the United States “have a lot of work to do” over the next month to resolve its trade issues.
“Sitting with Ambassador Greer in his office, we took the time to talk about specific issues … on which Canada can propose, we think, measures that should give the Americans a lot of comfort,” he said.
“I would say that the conversation today helped the Americans understand our shared commitment to issues like, to use one obvious example, the question around forced labour and the fight against forced labour. It won’t surprise you that we share the concern of the Americans and other economic partners that we need to do everything we can together to face this challenge.”
He said Charette and himself also raised Canada’s ongoing opposition to Trump’s tariffs on steel, aluminum, autos, lumber and other Canadian sectors, which Ottawa is looking to reduce.
“We had an opportunity to take stock of progress that had been made over the last number of weeks on a series of technical issues,” LeBlanc said.
Stars and stripes? More like brain and damaged.
If NATO funding is taking advantage then the discount the US gets on our oil is out right rape.
Have fun getting potash from the Russians, its what your Donny boy wants anyway.
Ask me what a bot is. I have no clue.
It’s astounding how many bots are here.
Need vs want. Its a negotiation ploy, nothing more. He invites a new bilateral deal with Canada. As he dislikes multilateral deals like CUSMA. So, get on with the negotiatons. Really not different than how US is working with Mexico. All very straightforward if you take the heat out of the rhetoric
Carney needs a bullet in his tiny brain.
ElBoW’s uP ID 10TS
I hope USA moves away from Canada. There is many more reliable allies to trade with
Trying to break up NATO, threatening allies, and driving a wedge between Europe and North America…Trump’s a Russian agent pure and simple.
The USA owes Canada nothing. Canada has been exploiting the friendship and taking advantage. Look at NATO spending and how Canada didn’t pull it weight for decades. Canadians are pious and entitled . Trump is doing what is best for the USA. He isn’t the Canadian PM.
Hey Yanks, the fight against forced labour starts at home. How about you end the legalized slavery of prison labour? And maybe stop adding to your slave labour workforce via your ICE concentration camps? Don’t need anything we have? Ok, no more uranium or potash!
A commenter you must be a special kind of dumb if you think coal is “efficient”.
Val Legosov, I have google too. It’s not hard to see that never happened and you are lying out your teeth. PP is now the drama teacher and watching you cope with that has been hilarious.
I can’t believe how ignorant and stupid Americans have become. I am so glad our Prime Minister is transitioning this country away from American influence. America used to buy our oil our minerals steel and aluminium and uranium at deeply discounted prices and this is the Utter lack of appreciation Americans in general have for EVERYTHING we did for America. Frankly IMHO America is a dieing country and the less influence they place on Canadian Society the better off Canada will be. Maybe we need to build a impassble barrier at the US border and start shooting down American fighter jets if they invade Canadian airspace.
Frankly I think we should pull out of CUSMA Talks and find other buyers for all our products including oil and gas uranium and potash and rare earths. Frankly they are a war mongering society and I loath having to share the continent with them.
Well, if Trump doesn’t want anything from Canada, we should shut off ALL energy to America (sorry, Michigan, we do love you, though). No oil, electricity, and natural gas from Canada. Also, cut off ALL freshwater and food supply so that the Americans’ energy and food prices soar. Canada never made enemies. USA…lots of enemies with the current war that they should never have started: Iran.
Serious question. Where is this big trade deal Carney promised last election to be completed by Aug 1 , 2025. Seems his mouth writes cheques his body can’t cash. Total crash and burn.
Carney is a loser, this guys is no better then Trudeau, this is why Alberta needs to separate from this clown show.
Can’t trust anything his government says. Wait for a democrat who won’t lie and ignore it.
I guess Canadians and Liberals, including Carney and Trudeau should have shown more respect for Trump and not bad mouthed him since 2016. Now the die is set and enjoy the ramifications of your poor choices. USA owes Canada nothing.
With such a long history and being so close in proximity, President Trump has truly divided Canadians and Americans. Trump is truly a master manipulator and antagonist. It is so sad that Americans are too focus on blaming others when they can’t see that Trump (family) is milking billions of dollars off from his own people. Once he is gone, he would care less about the Americans. Yeah, I agree that AI and automation are going to take their jobs. Trucks, buses, warehouses are already driving/ moving themselves in Texas, so there goes the jobs for them, just slowly so that no one notices this…Americans’ dreams are just a fantasy.
Hey Canada. Keep digging the hole you made digger. Most American don’t care at all. Mexico is a better partner than you.
Why would Canada care. Didn’t Ontario kick out lots of industry and jobs so that they could shut down all their cheap, efficient, and reliable coal fired power plants a la the climate scam?
Trump : Strong Leader and President
Carney: Spineless, weak, flip flopping PM.
Where is Elbows Up Carney.
His Dementia is getting the better of him so he can’t negotiate CUSMA or when to get off the shitter after eating 6 Big Mac’s. No worries, he’ll be gone soon!
Loving that Canada will be made to show respect. Trump is doing a great job and showing who is in charge.
Canadians have been far too dependent on the Americans. Trump did give us a favour by letting us go to build and strengthen our own economy. Canadians, elbows up. Let the Americans build their own cars and trade within themselves, their own states with high costs. We are tired of the tyrants, bullies, and greed that are now what America represents: widen the gap by taxing the poor and increase the wealth to the rich. Americans, be careful what you ask for: Elon and Bezos will take Americans’ jobs by AI and automation and it is already begun but the people are too ignorant to see this, finding blame elsewhere. Canadians can trade with other countries such as Mexico, China, Australia, and Europeans.
Have to love and respect his brutal honesty… I mean, he’s not wrong… hahaha
As an American, Canada disgusts me with how socialist and parasitic they have become. I hope Trump doesn’t renew the trade deal.
Canada hates the USA and Trump but yet your prosperity depends on a good relationship. Unfortunately Carney decided to demonize Trump for his election campaign and the rest is history. Canadians made their bed and now have to live with it. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you.
Isolating a narcissist with launch codes, not the best strategy. Trump – hate him as much as you like, can destroy Canada regardless of what economist is in charge.
Big bad Canadians will be feeling the pain. This is great can’t get enough. I hope their economy totally collapses. Mexicans are better trading partners.
To displace US Trade. Carney will buy more Guiness from Ireland. What a joke Carney is.
Huge failure by Carney. His biggest election promise to Canadians was they he was the “guy” to get a deal done by Aug 1/2025. He doesn’t know what he is doing.
@Proud Texan: whatever. And it’s “will”, not “with”.
Carney needs to fall on his sword and leave. His biggest election promise is a total flop. This should be his total focus. Not jetting to Davos or raising pride flags
80 percent of stories related to Trump, this one included is him having a tantrum and whining about things then trying to builly others instead of being diplomatic. it’s time the world moved on from dealing with the US and making productive relations with other countries instead.
Canadians are getting exactly what they deserve. What a sad, weak, entitled people they are.
Remember that Donny Boy! Remember that when you want our Pottash, earth minerals, water, electricity and aluminum. Last I heard Ford is having production issues for its line of trucks because of the lack of aluminum. Boots up!!
Carney should resign. He has totally mismanaged the trade deal and Trump in general Huge fail.
Americans are really that stupid
I hope Trump puts the boots to Canada. Canada has been taking advantage for decades. Now the chickens with come home to roost
Whatever
Canada can’t operate without the USA. Where is Mr. Elbows Up Carney now?
That’s Trump’s choice, but let’s see how long the US operates without our oil, power generation, lumber, potash, critical minerals etc.
JV once again proving his two remaining brain cells are starting to malfunction.
Why even report this? Trump changes his mind every hour about everything, and has mismanaged his economy and the war with Iran which he is losing.
Andre posts below that Canada is the staging ground for USA fentanyl.
bwahahahahahahaha….
Tell us more Andre. Seriously. But include cartoon drawings please.
Serves Canada right after allowing Trudeau to use our country as a staging area to flood the US with illegal aliens and fentynal while Senile Joe was ruining their country, and for clueless Canadians voting in the guy that economicly advised him to do it.
If Carney and this Liberal government handle the CUSMA talks like they handle the tariffs nothing will get done anyway and Canadians will still be living with prices going higher every month
Suggest stopping the shipment of steel, aluminum, power to the US north west, potash, oil… Etc and see how fast he does a Taco Tuesday spin-o-rama..
We want Trump gone, for good! The people of the u.s. are so friendly. Their president? Epsteins boytoy.
Carney is probably on his way to Iran to work out a trade deal with the regime.
Canada seems to love communism now.
most would say, the country is incapable of producing their own products, relying on heavily on one country is idiotic, yer climate can’t produce enough, therefor stop the three-way deal
…funny how the foreign interests posting on here blame the governments…fooling no one guys…no one…
…Russia wins again …I wonder if Russia gets tired of winning? No doubt, trump IS a Russian asset..
And we don’t need to buy US cars or holidays, VW makes better cars, and Asia, Canada, and Europe are better holidays.
He is so wrong if he doesn’t need our oil or minerals we need to keep it.
You too Hydro-Quebec – NYC doesn’t need the electricity. Cut ‘em off.
Fatty is just looking for his bribe. Put gold Trump letters on the CN tower until he signs, then take them down. His addled brain will have moved on to something else by then.
Guess NY state doesn’t need our hydroelectric power. Cut ‘em off, Doug.
Canada is f *ucked regardless because we have Carnage Carney in charge. We’re also the only G7 country in an official recession. All you f *ucks that voted for him need your throats slit.
Carney was elected cause he knew how to handle these negotiations? We should have had this sorted long before CUSMA renewal. All Canada has done is given the US all the leverage
Buttholes up and gaping liberals
The most powerful nation in history is playing for keeps
“We showed his administration we will re-elect Liberals even after they decimated the economy.”
Yeah, because you elbozos believe everything Carney, Trudeau and the liberals say. We are in dire straits but you guys won’t figure that out until the government jobs and checks stop coming.
Also hes doing this to try and force canuckistan to submit in to becoming 51.
If the USA doesn’t need anything from Canada,why do they continue to do do in different sectors? If they don’t need our water, then no more water. If they don’t need our lumber and steel, no more.Its time to ship to other countries who will treat Canada with respect. It’s sad to see the division that the president of the USA is doing. He clearly needs to be prayed for. Please pray for him
Ok. Well if that A.H. Trump says he wants nothing from Canada, rhwn to hell with him. Stop now. No more shipping to that jackets country
Let that AH suffer
Hell bent on punishing his people, and yet they love it. Oh well. Suffer.
Of course he is not, it was the worst agreement ever……that he signed off on. That guy is a walking contradiction.
Good! Let’s cut off energy exports (electricity and oil&gas), lumber, auto parts, potash, grain, minerals, steel, aluminum, etc.
Since they don’t need any of these it shouldn’t hurt them a whole lot; LMAO!
Did anyone really believe Trump was going to renew it? The media acts like this is somehow shocking news.
Same old Trump saying things that are not true getting real sick of this idiot.
CUSMA doesn’t expire in 2026. It expires in 2036. If USA doesn’t agree with it, it goes up for review in 2027, and annual reviews to resolve the issue continue until 2036 when the deal would fully expire. CUSMA is up for general review this year, that is all.
We should stop all things going to the USA due to the so called President Trump states he needs nothing from Canada. Canada and Mexico can work together. Also keep USA booze off the shelf and don’t bow down to a person that is no longer significant to the world. Trump is a liar a cheat and needs to be removed from office. Canadian government needs to get a big set of balls and cut everything off from the states. As the States don’t need our electricity/gas/wood/potash. Our Government can trade with other countries of the world.
It probably be complicated however i believe now we are looking for more trading partners. Simple as Doug Ford did simply cut the oil off, power , fertilizer ,wood products . Should take a couple months but then add about 40% onto everything and sell it to them in the backwards order. That should work. If the rest of the world follows suit that will turn things around fast. Should take care of the bully and his puppets.
The US has always had us over a barrel. With 2 large oceans separating us from all other trade partners, there was never any other logical choice. To pretend otherwise is to be willfully ignorant. With our economy as weak as it is right now, we aren’t even in a good position to negotiate. Carney needs to dismantle the supply management system and drop tariffs against the US. It’s time to stop the bleeding of our economy before its too late. If he can’t make a good deal with the US, then he is useless. Trump won’t be president forever.
Let’s face the facts. Canada needs the USA trade agreement because it is almost 80% of our trade. There is NO OTHER way we can survive as a country other than to trade with the US. Other trade agreements, no matter how much Carney tries to hoodwink us about them, will NEVER fill the gap left if the US and Canada do not trade. Trump is a blip in time but trade goes on forever if we are smart and get a deal with the US. Where oh where is our great Trump whisperer when you need him, Oh yes jetting around the world achieving very little other than not being in the house for question period.
Same old rhetoric. Heard this before. Bluster before negotiations. Leave Trump out and let the grownups and experts do the negotiating. He’s tanked everything he’s done anyways.
@Clay Williams, this is great news for Canada actually.
Canada, doesn’t need a thing from the USA fortunately.
We will continue to bad mouth nonsense and ignorance, like I just did.
86/49
Tangerine Mussolini Trump dictator had 6x bankruptcies. 34x criminal convictions. Why would actually anyone make a deal with him. Numbers showing he is on the way bancrupt USA.Hey Maga !
Who cares, shut up already, so sick of seeing that toxic name. Not a thing i want from you either, Carney is my guy.
@Proud Texan – when you’ve run out of oil and a bunch of other stuff because your president has ruined your economy, you can call me but I won’t take your call.
Maybe go Tuck yourself Frump ✌️🍁
Wowsers….some commenters are grossly uneducated….
Really???
let’s see what happens when Canada stops exporting electricity to the NE and oil everywhere else.
Americans are complaining about their 4% inflation, hope they like $10/gal and rolling blackouts.
want it renewed? then you know what to do….. lets go 51st!
Trump is mad cause Canada won’t be the 51st state, yet Carney ain’t doing nothing about CUSMA except travelling the world eating luxury meals on our tax paying dime.
More to come ….
As an American, I hope Trump pulls out. Canada can pay to get into the US. I hope Trump brings all vehicle manufacturing to the US. Trump is to make USA stronger. If Canada is a victim so be it.
Why should Trump renew. USA is fine without the agreement. The consequences for Canada is different as they need the USA for its prosperity. I guess Canada should not have bad mouthed Trump and MAGA since 2016.
“I made the deal”??? Canada, the US and Mexico made the deal.
NAFTA was a deal that allowed the US to sell their cars to Canada without paying tariffs. – so it was good for the US.
Any partner to CUSMA can terminate, however that would allow Canada and Mexico to start charging duties on US made vehicles. – that is more than 10% of sales. He is upset when Canada does not stock US alcohol. How about everything… Does Trump really not understand, or is he posturing like a peacock again?
Everyone knows that the US needs Canadian potash, power, oil and gas, minerals. Trump needs to smarten up and treat other countries better. The US is slumping, and no longer the world leader.
Duh, he hates Liberals. We showed his administration we will re-elect Liberals even after they decimated the economy. Canada is nothing but a joke to the Trump administration.