The US president, Donald Trumpsaid Tuesday that he does not know if the treaty between Mexico, the United States and Canada (T-MEC) It is necessary.
Their statements occur when the three nations are about to begin a review process to extend the validity of the T-MEC.
“I don’t know if necessary, but it served a very good purpose, and the biggest purpose that it served is that we get rid of NAFTA,” Trump said, referring to the T-MEC, upon receiving the Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carneyin the White House.
The T-MEC orders integral evaluations every six years, specific to each semester in labor and environmental matters, and continuous through a dozen committees on various matters.
Carney went to the White House with the aim of improving Canada’s relations with the Trump administration and to deal with the issue of the review of the T-MEC, whose determination on its extension must be taken in July 2026.
-Specifically, article 34.7 of the T-MEC establishes an evaluation of the operation of this commercial agreement, with actions to be proposed in the review and position of each country on whether it recommends extending the term of the T-MEC.
The parties committed to a review of the agreement on the sixth anniversary of its entry into force. If all parties agree to continue it, it will remain in force for another 16 years. If a party does not confirm its desire to extend the term of the agreement for another period of 16 years, the parties will carry out a joint review of the agreement each year.
Trump told journalists that nothing about Carney could say during his work lunch, he would convince him to lift tariffs on Canada and insisted that he no longer wants imports of cars from Canada. “We want to make our own cars. We don’t want Canada cars,” he reiterated.
Trump also insisted that he does not renounce the idea that Canada becomes state number 51. “Never say,” he said. “I have had many, many things that were not feasible, and ended up being.”
On this, Carney said: “As you know, in the real estate sector, there are some places that are never for sale. We are sitting in one right now,” he said, referring to the White House. “Having met with the owners of Canada during the campaign of recent months, it is not for sale, it will never be on sale.”
