Canada’s chief trade negotiator to the United States said she believes it is unlikely the two countries will resolve all issues around the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) before July 1.
“I think there’s a lot of focus on July 1, which is kind of a checkpoint. It’s not a cliff,” Janice Charette said on April 21 at a panel organized by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Ottawa.
Charette said given the “number of issues” and global deals the U.S. is engaged in, and in the interest of getting a “comprehensive solution,” it would not be possible to resolve everything by July 1, which is the scheduled date for the countries to review CUSMA….