Too early for proposals for North American trade pact review, says GAC official, as experts push for proactive plan

'Relitigating' NAFTA renegotiation could jeopardize 'opportunity' of six-year review, says senior trade official.

International Trade Minister Mary Ng, right, pictured with U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai in May 2022, faces a distant, but looming, review of the federal government's North American trade pact in 2026.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

October 4, 2023

Three years out from a review of Canada’s most important trade deal, the federal government has yet to “put pen to paper” on proposals, as some fear a return to the chaotic days of the NAFTA renegotiation.

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