Mexico and Canada both want to extend the USMCA to 2042, but the trade review that begins on July one turns on an answer only Washington can give.
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Key Facts
—The meeting. Trade chiefs from the three countries hold a virtual review on July 1, the pact’s first mandatory checkpoint six years after it took effect.
—Mexico’s move. President Sheinbaum has signed a letter formally asking to extend the deal by 16 years, to 2042; Canada has done the same.
—The unknown. Washington has not said whether it will agree; both neighbours are waiting on the US position.
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