Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday said it’s “no secret” U.S. President Donald Trump dislikes the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) amid growing concerns about the trade pact’s future, while assuring it will remain in place — at least in the short term.
Carney was asked about Trump’s comments Wednesday that he would prefer the continental trade deal be “terminated” rather than extended another 16 years or enter a 10-year period of annual reviews. July 1 marks the day when all three countries will have to enter formal talks on CUSMA’s future.
Speaking to reporters in Vancouver, Carney cited comments made in recent weeks by U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer that “the underlying structure of CUSMA” was solid and will remain in place through the negotiations.
“There’s always been the opportunity for any of the parties to cancel it with six months’ notice,” Carney said.
“It’s no secret the president in recent years has not been the biggest fan of CUSMA or other trade deals. But there are specific things that we can work together on.”
One of those is Canada’s forestry sector, Carney added, which is facing punishing tariffs and anti-dumping duties from the U.S. that current trade talks are in part focused on reducing or eliminating.
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Carney, who was appearing alongside B.C. Premier David Eby for an infrastructure funding announcement, said the federal government was working with the province on a forest product strategy for “transformation of the industry,” including prioritizing domestic supply chains for homebuilding.
Eby said the strategy and a new federal technical advisory group was working to boost non-U.S. forestry exports while pushing the Americans to reinvest in Canadian materials.
“To see the Americans increasing their imports of lumber from Russia instead of from British Columbia and Canada doesn’t make any sense to us at all,” the premier said.
“I am very hopeful that the president and his trade team respond to the engagements of Canada at the national level, to sit down and talk about this, because there is a win-win here for everybody.”
Trump said Wednesday that he may end up signing a renewal or extension of CUSMA, but insisted the U.S. would “do better as a country when we don’t have an agreement.”
“It’s not sticking around — it’ll be terminated, in other words, it expires. I prefer that,” he said.
Carney said Thursday he spoke with Trump about “some of the commercial aspects” around CUSMA among “a range of issues” discussed on the sidelines of the G7 summit in France this week.
Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc and chief trade negotiator Janice Charette met with Greer at the summit as well, where LeBlanc said they “took stock ” of the work done since their meeting in Washington earlier this month and agreed to get in contact again soon.
All those elbows up goofs are going to get hard dose of reality if this goes to yearly reviews! Investment will stall a hell of a lot more, many more companies will head south, Canada will lose its leverage with every other country, countries with deals will modify those deals. The reason Canada has always been an inviting place to invest is all due to our ease of access to the worlds largest economy! If Canada gets a written notice we won’t have to worry about a recession.
Most Americans want to end the CUSMA agreement with Canada. Canada has been taking advantage of the agreement.
carney and the Liberals brought this onto Canada!!
@greg that is the most delusional take of the year… how can you not connect the dots that you are saying everything that is currently taking place in Canada…
You can’t be serious.. or the TDS is overwhelming your brain
Wasn’t it Carney who told us to judge him on the prices of groceries in the store. Well groceries are sky high and now he adds another tariff. Let’s judge him as incompetent and useless.
Greg probably thinks Canada has the “best” healthcare system in the world. Drinking the kool-aid from the Liberals no doubt. Lol
@ greg You DO realize you are also describing Canadian cities. All of what you said is exactly what is happening here in Canada. No wonder people call you guys the Elbozos !!!
Tactful and diplomatic must be foreign words for most of you. Would you like it better if Carney went up to Trump and said, you are a horrible human being, you should be in jail, we all hate you and hope that very soon you will be empeached. How far do you think trade talks would go then. The US is still our largest trading partner even though Canada is making trade deals across the world. The United States and Canada will still be in a trading relationship. If you don’t know what the two words in the first sentence mean maybe sit down and be quiet! The adults are talking.
Hey Greg….
You talking about Canada? Lol
Got bad news for Americans…your country is in terrible shape…skyrocketing cost of living…millions living in abject poverty…infrastructure crumbling in most cities…out of control drug crisis…America the beautiful…
I voted for Trump in 2024 and feel great about. Will vote GOP in 2028 also.
I like how Trump is not giving the white glove treatment to Canada. USA should engage with others and less with Canada.
Americans should boycott Canada just like Canadians are with the USA I have no desire to go to Canada anyway.
Elbows Up USA!
In fact, he hates Liberals. And Chet is a dumbass.
Most Americans agree that the USA should leave USMCA with Canada Trump on the correct path with this.
He’s started pretending to be a grandson again. Didn’t he just say in Europe that they would unite to fight?
Funny seeing Carney on his kneepads at the G7 with Trump. Then Carney comes back to Ottawa and talks tough to the Elbows Up followers.
trump lololol he lost his distracting war in Iran bigly and now he pays the ayatollah BILLIONS!
lololololol….
Trolls here must love the news that Canadians have Carney at 67% support now.
Russian troll Peter Belinski the coward goes by Tony Fuda now.
LOL….same russian isp address.
He’s a coward or he’d enlist for Ukraine.
A chicken hawk.
No secret where Don got the first “lady” from either.
Epstein trollop.
No secret Liberals are pure evil and must be stopped.
@Ben. Why was Carney bootlicking Trump with his interview with CNN?
@Ben. Carney flips flops daily on Trump and clearly doesn’t know how to manage him as a year later trade deal has not been completed. Your spin is over the top.
Conservatives and mini-MAGA would have us cave to Trump. The answer is no. Carney is a strong, wise leader who knows how to handle the ego-driven Trump.
@Anonymous. Yes there is various clips of Carney making that promise. Simple internet search by you will get that. Also Carney made a promise at last years G7 in Canada that a deal would be done by end of July 2025.
Did you see the interview of Carney with Kaitlan Collin’s of CNN. Carney was totally bootlicking Trump and praised his actions in Iran. Elbows Up!
I hope Trump destroys Canadas economy. Canada wants to go Elbows up and boycott USA then all Americans should boycott our pious neighbors to the North.
With so much corruption and eep state nonsense infiltrating everything, MAGA TRUMP USA
Carney can’t deliver. Just makes excuses instead. He told us he knew how to deal with Trump. Elbows Up is a total failure.
Wasn’t this the deal that Trump negotiated and touted as the ‘best deal ever’?
Zero accomplishments for Carney in over a year as PM. Totally embarrassing.
I came here for the laughs. How can anyone take these clowns serious?!?!?! Pass the popcorn 😆
Got any proof Carney claimed he would make a deal with Trump within a month of being elected?
Trump dislikes Carney cusma comes second.
Anyone paying attention sees that making a deal with Trump is a waste of time. When he gets bored he tears them up and tries to extract more from his counter parties.
America is no longer trustworthy.
Just like it is well known that Carney said he would make a deal with Trump within a month of being elected. We all know that was not true and what has Carney got done in the last year, absolutely nothing. Unless you consider 13 trade agreements worth a total of $5 Billion …. That’s less than half of what his government is projected to spend on temporary workers and international students in 2026. A total failure of a PM.
@Judd Watson – big talk from a chairforce warrior. You should look into how much electricity Ontario and Quebec provide to the US.
Canada holds a few cards.
How’s is “Elbows Up” working for you now Canada. Admit it or not, but you need the USA so time to start bootlicking.
Action to Americans. Elbows Up USA and let’s crush Canadas economy. They boycotted us first. Great job Carney.
I hope Trump rips up USMCA. Mexico is a better trading partner, and Canada wants to go to Europe and boycott the USA. USA should boycott Canada and take alll the automotive manufacturing in Canada back to the USA where it belong. Elbows Up USA.
Carney needs to do the honourable thing and fall on his sword and resign. After a year he has not reduce one tariff line item nor delivered the “deal” he promised. Also, at the G7, Trump has no time for a 1:1 meeting so clearly Carney is not managing the relationship properly. Perhaps he needs to stop being so belligerent and cut the Elbows Up rhetoric and become professional and hammer out a trade deal.
Elbows Up Carney has been a total disaster. He promised a trade deal with Trump to be done by end of July 2025. He boasted how he understood Trump and he kno
Why would Trump like it. USA is better off without it. He does what is good for the USA, as he should. As an American, I hope he doesn’t renew it as Canada has been taking advantage and offside on the trade agreement.
Incredible how its easier to negotiate with Iran than it is to deal with the corrupt banker in Canada. What an embarrassing era for Canadians.
Carney failed his main election promise again… He was always MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. Mark Carney was NEVER interested in Canada.
Another “Art of the Deal”??? This guy is a total train wreck! Sabotaged an existing deal with Iran. Sabotaged an existing deal with Canada. The United Nations thinks he’s an idiot. The guy has bankrupted six companies—and he’s in charge of the U.S.??
I agree with Trump
The deal that the LPC negotiated was terrible for Canada
Tear it up and start over