'No reason to think' Americans want to trigger early CUSMA review, says Dominic LeBlanc

International Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Canada has "no crushed to think" the United States wants to trigger an aboriginal reappraisal of the North American escaped commercialized deal, but American officials bash privation to sermon tackling economical and information issues together.

"It's evident that we're not going to hold until the obligatory reappraisal of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement successful 2026 to marque advancement connected the tariffs that person deed america for the past fig of months," LeBlanc said successful an interrogation connected Rosemary Barton Live that aired Sunday.

"We person nary crushed to think, by the way, the Americans are funny successful triggering an earlier reappraisal of the escaped commercialized agreement. They haven't indicated that to us," LeBlanc added.

LeBlanc's comments travel days aft Prime Minister Mark Carney met with U.S. President Donald Trump successful the Oval Office and for a moving luncheon successful the Roosevelt Room. The planetary commercialized curate accompanied Carney connected the travel to Washington.

According to a elder Canadian official, Carney told Trump that immoderate commercialized "deal" for Canada indispensable see the U.S. lifting its tariffs connected Canadian goods.

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LeBlanc told Barton that Trump "spoke favourably oregon much constructively astir the statement than possibly successful erstwhile nationalist comments. But the American authorities isn't respecting the agreement" the U.S. president signed successful his archetypal term.

During the Oval Office meeting, Trump signalled he's consenting to renegotiate CUSMA, saying "it's bully for each countries," but added that determination needs to beryllium immoderate unspecified tweaks — oregon they whitethorn person to bash distant with it altogether.

In January, Trump dismissed reports that he's utilizing tariffs connected Canadian and Mexican goods to propulsion for an aboriginal dialog of CUSMA. On the run trail, the U.S. president pledged helium would renegotiate the agreement.

LeBlanc said the Americans "are funny successful discussing however Canada and the United States tin enactment connected economical and information issues together, and hopefully that concern volition pb to the removal of the tariff."

The curate added that Trump and immoderate of his cardinal commercialized representatives volition beryllium distant from Washington adjacent week, but the anticipation is that Canada tin representation retired a "short-term enactment plan" erstwhile they instrumentality that volition pb to immoderate tariffs being lifted.

"Our anticipation is to precise rapidly get to enactment implicit the adjacent 10 days," LeBlanc said, noting that Trump volition beryllium successful Kananaskis, Alta., for a G7 acme successful June. "We anticipation to marque immoderate advancement earlier then."

Lifting tariffs volition instrumentality time, says Yukon premier

Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai said helium doesn't deliberation anyone expects tariffs volition beryllium lifted quickly, "and it shouldn't hap quickly. I deliberation it has to beryllium precise thoughtful and there's a batch of a chess crippled to beryllium played here."

"We've got to marque definite that Canada gets a woody connected a renegotiation of CUSMA that's bully and fair," Pillai said successful an interrogation connected Rosemary Barton Live that aired Sunday. "We felt we were already there. The U.S. doesn't."

Pillai, who announced his volition to measurement down arsenic premier connected Wednesday, said the U.S. volition effort "to instrumentality much pieces of the pie" but Canada should besides deliberation astir caller ways to enactment unneurotic with the Americans and fortify its ain economy.

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Part of Carney's enactment connected managing those 2 issues volition beryllium selecting a caller furniture — acceptable to beryllium announced Tuesday — and laying retired his legislative priorities successful the throne code that kicks disconnected a caller league of Parliament.

Pillai said bluish premiers and Canadians crossed the state are watching to spot who Carney picks for his furniture and what "real important commitments" the premier curate volition marque successful the throne speech.

"It's 1 happening for america to posture astir the importance, but what'll beryllium cardinal is what dollars are successful this fund coming forward, what does the throne code accidental and what are the archetypal commitments to the territories? That volition beryllium the archetypal step," Pillai said.

"We person to judge successful ourselves and recognize what we've done for decades implicit these past 125 years arsenic a state and get that assurance successful spot and determination forward."