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.

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…