Trump may use USMCA withdrawal as a bargaining tactic, trade experts warn

APMA
Dec 8, 2025
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Steven Chase, The Globe and Mail

Dec 3, 2025

On his upcoming USTR appearance Flavio Volpe quoted saying that “Canada should expect threats to withdraw from Mr. Trump ‘but work through it without being alarmed.’” Volpe stresses the mutually beneficial trading relationship between Canada and the U.S. saying that “no country buys more U.S.-built vehicles and parts than Canada.”

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