Canada Sees Deals on Horizon to Resolve USMCA Trade Problems

Canada-US Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said he isn’t surprised the Trump administration decided not to renew the North American trade deal by July 1, and expects a series of deals to resolve disputes over the pact.

Speaking in Toronto on Thursday, LeBlanc reiterated that the review milestone for the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement is “not a cliff that everybody goes hurtling off.”

The July 1 date, which is spelled out in the text of the USMCA, is simply “a moment where the three countries could decide to extend the agreement” for 16 years, he said. President Donald Trump doesn’t want to do ...