Canada is prepared to push hard for a full 16-year extension of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement when the pact comes up for a mandatory review next year, Ottawa’s Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman told POLITICO in an interview.
But Hillman added that it’s unclear whether President Donald Trump can be persuaded to restore duty-free trade between the three countries.
“From our perspective, the core objective is to make sure that North America remains resilient and secure and competitive,” she said in a phone interview Wednesday. “The USMCA review is an opportunity to do that. What that looks like exactly, the actual terms of the agreement that will be required to meet those goals, it’s just too soon to say.”
“The interests of the three countries align well, and the task ahead of us is figuring out how to do that in a way that is acceptable for all three countries,” she said.
