Donald Trump, long before he became president, criticized trade deals between the United States and most every other country in the world as wildly unfair to us. That stance didn’t change when he became president in 2016, and it hasn’t changed in his second term.
The United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) is a trade treaty among the three countries that has been in effect since 2020, replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). However, its future is now uncertain as the Trump administration has reportedly chosen not to renew the agreement. This decision will lead to new negotiations among the United States, Canada, and Mexico: