President Donald Trump will likely renegotiate the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) next year to protect American jobs, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday.
“I think the president is absolutely going to renegotiate USMCA, but that’s a year from today,” Lutnick said, pointing to the scheduled July 2026 review. The review, part of the agreement’s sunset clause, allows the deal to be assessed every six years and sets it to expire after 16 years unless all parties agree to an extension.
“He wants to protect American jobs,” Lutnick said of Trump. “He doesn’t want cars built in Canada or Mexico when they can be built in Michigan and Ohio. It’s just better for American workers.”
The USMCA requires 75 percent of automobile components to be manufactured in the United States, Canada or Mexico in order to avoid tariffs. It also opened new markets for American wheat, poultry and eggs, among other things.