Tricky negotiations begin Monday to renew a trade pact between the United States, Mexico and Canada

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: AP

Updated 12:01 AM EDT, March 16, 2026


WASHINGTON (AP) — Every day more than $4 billion worth of goods cross the United States’ borders with Canada and Mexico – U.S. auto parts headed for car factories in northern Mexico, cartons of Mexican avocados bound for California supermarkets, Canadian aluminum destined to become cans of Campbell Soup.

Much of this bustling cross-border commerce is duty-free, thanks to the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, that President Donald Trump negotiated with America’s northern and southern neighbors during his first term.

But the future of the USMCA , which took effect July 1, 2020, is cloudy as the three countries begin what could be a tempestuous attempt to renew the pact this year. The United States is demanding changes to the treaty, and the top U.S. trade negotiator told Politico in December that Trump would be willing to pull the United States out of the pact if he can’t get the deal he wants. Trump also suggested last fall that the United States could negotiate separate deals with Canada and Mexico, ending the three-country North American bloc that previous administrations saw as crucial to competing economically with China and the European Union.

The talks kick off Monday between U.S. and Mexican trade officials.

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[calguy]

1. Send Jared in

He’ll know what to do.

[WestMichRad]

2. Trump cannot be trusted to honor any written agreement...

that he suddenly decides he doesn’t like. So why would Mexico and Canada be willing to renegotiate a trilateral agreement with him? They would be better off negotiating their own bilateral trade deal, and then attempting to negotiate separate bilateral agreements with Trump with terms favorable to them. IMO.

And Campbell soup cans are not made of aluminum.

[thesquanderer]

4. Hadn't he already ignored USMCA in some of his tariff decrees? (n/t)

[OldBaldy1701E]

3. One can hope that the meeting goes something like this.

Trumps crony gets up and acts like royalty while smacking the podium with his Trump gavel.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, this meeting is called to order. The first person to speak will be the representative of Mexico. Ambassador?"

"Thank you, Moderator, and thanks to this assemblage for the change to speak at what will be a memorable gathering of interests for the region. We, the people of Mexico, have only one thing to say.

Fuck you.

Thank you very much. I yield the floor."

Then, the Canadian ambassador gets up and says the same thing. They will then leave the meeting and go have one with other nations that are willing to negotiate in good faith rather than hold meetings to dick wave about how important they are over everyone else and how the world would collapse without us.

One can dream, can't one?

[republianmushroom]

5. Watch trump team screw this up.