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Canada Confident Mexico Will Stay in USMCA Trilateral Deal

The statement signals Ottawa’s bid to keep a three-country pact despite Washington’s separate talks with Mexico.

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Dominic LeBlanc, President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs, Internal Trade and One Canadian Economy is seen following the conclusion of the Committee on Internal Trade meeting in Ottawa, Monday, March 30, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Overview

  • Canada’s trade minister Dominic LeBlanc said Mexico remains committed to a three-country USMCA and rejected talk of a U.S.-only pact.
  • The United States and Mexico have begun formal bilateral talks on the review as U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says Canada is behind.
  • Under the deal’s review rules, each country must by July 1 choose to renew for 16 years, withdraw, or trigger annual reviews that can run for up to a decade.
  • Greer has outlined U.S. goals that include more access to Canada’s dairy market, changes to online streaming rules, stronger North American content standards for industrial goods, and closer coordination on economic security tools.
  • Canada is courting Mexico through a recent trade mission and a planned May visit, though provincial control over alcohol and other rules limits Ottawa’s room to bargain.