Canada has ‘straightforward’ path to ratify USMCA, but timeline reliant on unpredictable Americans

Some trade experts think Canada will ratify the trilateral agreement before the 2019 election, while one warned against rushing through legislation, with the U.S. timeline up in the air.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland are pictured after speaking with reporters about the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement on Oct. 1, the day after eleventh-hour talks ended in a deal that met a U.S. deadline.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

October 10, 2018

With a Liberal majority government, Canada has a "straightforward" path to ratify the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement before the 2019 election, but as with most of the yearlong trade negotiations, concluding the deal relies on a decidedly uncertain path in the U...

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