WASHINGTON.- Donald Trumppresident of USAyou could choose to leave the T-MECand instead negotiate separately with Mexico y Canada new trade agreements.
This is how he advanced it Jamieson GreerUS trade representative, in a podcast whose full version will be broadcast tomorrow, Friday.
“The president’s (Trump’s) view is that he only wants deals that are good. The reason we included a review period in the USMCA was in case we needed to review it, revise it, or exit the agreement.“, said.
According to Greer, the T-MEC It would be divided into two different agreements since Mexico and Canada “are not the same economy,” and he even indicated the possibility was discussed with Trump this week.
Greer’s statements come a day after he himself Trump assured that he would let the T-MEC expire to seek a new agreement with Mexico and Canada.
“It expires in about a year, and we’ll let it expire or maybe work out another deal.“, he said, accusing his trade partners of “taking advantage” of the T-MEC, which he considered unfavorable for the United States.
“I don’t blame them because we had stupid people in charge, a lot of stupid people in charge“, he stressed, referring to the government of Joe Biden.
We remember that the T-MEC was negotiated during Trump’s first term and came into force in 2020, replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which he also considered harmful to the United States.
Claudia Sheinbaum responds to Trump’s statements about the T-MEC
During her morning conference this Thursday, President Claudia Sheinbaum responded to her US counterpart’s statements about letting the USMCA expire to seek a new, more favorable agreement for her country.
“Let’s say that we have the commercial issue pending. He also sometimes says […] ‘the treaty ends’, but in reality the treaty does not end, but well, in his vision he puts it this way, but he also states that there may be another treaty”.
The president said that the nature of Trump’s statements “is also part of his way of communicating.”
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From National Palace He said that the issue could be discussed in the “small meeting” that they have planned with Trump and the Canadian Prime Minister. Mark Carney in Washington within the framework of the FIFA draw.
Sheinbaum maintained that Mexico has the best trade agreements with the US after the imposition of tariffs on several countries, including Canada.
“We continue to have one of the best positions, but in any case we want to advance on the issue of automobiles, steel, and aluminum, because we have already completed the issue of the review of 54 non-tariff barriers.”.
He assured that it is a matter of “talking a little about this with President Trump” and reiterated that it will be “a very brief meeting.”
With information from El Universal, EFE and Reuters