Canada's Trade Negotiator: 'Give-and-Take' Needed in USMCA Review

0:00It's April 22nd. Welcome to Canada News Today, powered by AI. Canada's top trade negotiator, with the United States, Janice Sherret, just laid out her stance on the upcoming review of the Canada-US Mexico. Agreed men. A pointed back in February by Prime Minister Mark Carney, she's pushing for some give-and-take from Washington after Canada already made big moves, too. Ease President Trump's concerns. Those moves include scrapping a digital sales tax on American tech companies, pulling back a bunch of retaliatory tariffs from the Trudeau era, and pumping money into better border security. Sherret says it's all been taken without much in return so far, and she wants real back and forth in talks, starting with trilateral chats on car, manufacturing rules inside bilateral deals. Minister Dominic Leblanc echoed that, stressing Canada needs progress on Trump's tariffs, including steel, aluminum, and autos before diving deep into. The full agreement review.

1:01They were close to a medal's deal last year, but talks blew up over some Ontario ads quoting Ronald Reagan against tariffs. Now, with the July 1st checkpoint approaching, Sherret mourns not to expect everything wrapped up by then. It's more of a milestone than a deadline. Stay-coulders and consultations mostly love the current deal, and don't want major overhalls. First might stay quiet since its negotiations, but Canada is geared up with offers ready when the U.S. sees how those tariffs fuel their own. Inflation. Eyes on what happens next in this trade tango.