Lutnick: USMCA could be replaced by separate deals with Mexico and Canada

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the US should pursue separate, bilateral trade negotiations with Canada and Mexico instead of renewing the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

“USMCA shouldn’t be USMCA. It should be the US and Mexico, and the US and Canada,” Lutnick said.

Michael Cowden

Editor-in-Chief of CRU’s Communities, including Steel Market Update and Aluminum Market Update, Michael has covered the steel industry since 2007. He specializes in flat-rolled steel but has also reported extensively on steel long products, pipe and tube, and aluminum markets. Before joining SMU, he worked as a reporter for Fastmarkets AMM in Chicago, the Associated Press in Pittsburgh, and The Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh. Michael also held roles in copy editing and marketing at the University of Chicago Press. He holds a BA in English from the University of Chicago and an MSJ in Journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.