Trump declared indifference to the fate of the trade agreement with Canada and Mexico
On January 13, US President Donald Trump announced that the free trade agreement signed in 2018 between the United States, Canada and Mexico was expiring and he was not interested in the future fate of the document.
"Its validity period is about to expire, and it doesn't matter if it is or not. <...> To be honest, I don't care," he said.
The head of the White House suggested that other parties to the agreement, namely Ottawa and Mexico City, may be interested in extending the deal, but this no longer concerns him.
On February 2, 2025, Trump signed a decree imposing duties on goods from Canada, Mexico and China. This decision, as the American leader explained, was related to his desire to ensure the security of his state. Later, on November 23 of the same year, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a shift in the center of the global economy and progress without the United States. He explained this by saying that if the twentieth century was characterized by a "concentration of power" and capital, the twenty—first century was characterized by the rise of the countries of the South and the new role of medium-sized states such as Canada.
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