Canada is calling on the United States and Mexico to renew the free trade agreement between the countries for another 16 years just as U.S. President Donald Trump revives talk of making Canada the 51st state

WASHINGTON - Canada has sent a letter to the United States and Mexico recommending that the three countries renew the continental trade pact.

In a letter Monday to his counterparts, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc stressed the mutual benefits to all three economies of the free trade region that spans North…