Trump says he doesn’t care about USMCA; Sheinbaum says US businesses do

Ahead of the reappraisal of the United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) escaped commercialized pact, U.S. President Donald Trump asserted connected Tuesday that the trilateral statement provides “no existent advantage” to the United States and is “irrelevant” to him.

“I don’t adjacent deliberation astir USMCA,” Trump told reporters during a circuit of a Ford works successful Dearborn, Michigan.

“I privation to spot Mexico and Canada bash well, but the occupation is we don’t request their product,” helium said.

“You don’t deliberation you’re going to renegotiate USMCA?” probed a reporter.

“Well, I can, it expires precise shortly, and we could person it oregon not, it wouldn’t substance to me,” responded Trump, who successful the past has floated the anticipation of the United States entering into bilateral commercialized deals with each of Mexico and Canada.

“I deliberation they privation it, I don’t truly attraction astir it,” helium continued.

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“No existent vantage to us. It’s irrelevant to me. Canada would emotion it. Canada wants it. They request it,” said Trump, who negotiated the USMCA during his archetypal word arsenic president and successful 2019 asserted that it would beryllium “the champion and astir important commercialized woody ever made by the USA.”

On Tuesday, the U.S. president besides said: “We don’t request cars made successful Canada, we don’t request cars made successful Mexico, we privation to marque them here. And that’s what’s happening.”

Trump’s remarks came 5 1/2 months earlier the commencement of the ceremonial reappraisal of the USMCA, which superseded the North American Free Trade Agreement, oregon NAFTA, connected July 1, 2020.

The U.S. president’s assertion that the USMCA “expires precise shortly” is not true, arsenic adjacent if Mexico, the United States and Canada don’t hold to widen the pact during the upcoming reappraisal process, it would not beryllium terminated until 2036.

His assertion that the U.S. doesn’t request Mexican and Canadian products is highly questionable.

Reuters reported connected Tuesday that “the Detroit Three” — General Motors, Ford and Stellantis — “are heavy reliant connected proviso chains that see important parts accumulation successful Mexico and Canada.”

General Motors president Mark Reuss said Thursday that the company’s “supply chains spell each the mode done each 3 countries” and described the integration arsenic a “big strength.”

Beyond the car industry, assorted different manufacturing sectors are highly integrated crossed the United States, Mexico and Canada.

The USMCA governs commercialized worthy astir US $2 trillion per year. The pact was importantly undermined by Trump successful 2025, arsenic helium imposed tariffs connected a scope of goods from Mexico and Canada, including steel, aluminum and vehicles.

Sheinbaum: ‘I’m convinced that Mexico’s commercialized narration with the United States volition continue’

Asked astir Trump’s remarks astatine her greeting property conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum archetypal pointed retired that the economies of Mexico, the United States and Canada are “very integrated.”

Sheinbaum again declared connected Wednesday that she is “convinced” that Mexico’s commercialized narration with the United States volition continue. (Graciela López/Cuartoscuro)

She went connected to accidental that “those who astir defend” the USMCA are businesspeople successful the United States.

“Of course, Mexico arsenic well,” Sheinbaum added.

Indeed, arsenic Reuters reported connected Tuesday, “major automakers including Tesla, Toyota and Ford successful November urged the Trump medication to widen USMCA, saying it is important to American car production.”

Reuters besides reported that “the American Automotive Policy Council, representing the Detroit Three automakers, said USMCA ‘enables automakers operating successful the U.S. to vie globally done determination integration, which delivers ratio gains’ and accounts ‘for tens of billions of dollars successful yearly savings.'”

In airy of the integration crossed assorted sectors successful North America, Sheinbaum declared that she is “convinced” that Mexico’s commercialized narration with the United States volition proceed contempt Trump’s astir caller remarks. She has antecedently said that she is “very positive” and “very optimistic” astir the USMCA review.

On Wednesday, Sheinbaum said she wasn’t going to participate into a statement astir commercialized with Trump, but stressed the “importance” of maintaining the Mexico-U.S. commercialized narration “for some countries.”

The Mexican and U.S. presidents spoke by telephone connected Monday, but their speech focused connected information issues. Sheinbaum subsequently said that she and Trump had agreed to different telephone soon successful bid to sermon “other issues,” including trade.

With reports from Reforma and Reuters