It’s ‘business as usual’ after CUSMA deadline passes with U.S. irritants driving trade talks, say Canada West CEO, ex-diplomat

Canada West Foundation's Gary Mar says it's time for Canada to turn to its trade missions to focus advocacy efforts on the individual states. 'Ultimately, people in Washington don't run the economy, governors do.'

Minister of Internal and Canada-U.S. Trade Dominic LeBlanc wrote in a July 1 statement that he 'reaffirmed Canada’s unwavering support' for CUSMA and its renewal at a trilateral meeting, after the United States confirmed it would not be extending the deal. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ELEANOR WAND

July 2, 2026

In the wake of the United State's refusal to renew the trilateral trade pact, Canada will have to get used to a degree of uncertainty for the foreseeable future, say a Canadian business leader and a former Canadian diplomat to the U.S.

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