(Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Trump administration officials have been clear that they don’t want to trigger a vote in Congress by changing the “fundamental architecture” of the North American free trade deal.
(Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Mark Carney said the US export ban blocking all foreign access to Anthropic’s latest artificial intelligence models underscores the risk of depending on just a handful of powerful AI tools.
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Brian Platt
Brian Platt
“The US has been clear that they do not want to go to Congress to change the fundamental architecture,” Carney said about USMCA
@brianplatt.bsky.social reporting from Carney's pre-G7 swing through Ireland
One thing to keep in mind as we cross July 1: It is very possible, and even likely, that the actual text of the USMCA does not change in Trump's second term, because that would require going through Congress. This may all take place simply as "bolt-on" side deals to the USMCA.
The unsaid message here is that the 15% CanCon requirement is also a major trade irritant with the US while Canada is trying to get to the negotiating table with Trump on tariffs
