Trump will begin renegotiating the USMCA starting in October

The United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) will be renegotiated by the Donald Trump administration beginning in October. Trump’s unilateral tariffs on its partners have posed a serious threat to this deal, which is its most ambitious trade accord to yet.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer’s office has been given the task of negotiating the deal. As required by the USMCA, Greer has until October 4 to begin public consultations, including with unions and businesses.

A public hearing in Congress is scheduled for January 2026, and on July 1st of the same year, the three nations will meet to discuss the contents of the final new deal, according to the newspaper, which also forecasts a protracted renegotiation process that will take several months.

In 2020, during Trump’s first term, the USMCA was signed, replacing another trilateral deal that had existed since 1992. However, the president has ruthlessly fought it throughout his second term on the grounds that it is detrimental to the US. He has even twisted its spirit by imposing unilateral tariffs on Canada and Mexico, who he claims have inadequate border controls in the face of drug trafficking into the US.