U.S. President Donald Trump cast doubt on the idea that he will renew the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on free trade come July 1. By that deadline, each of the three countries need to indicate if they will renew the trade deal that came into effect in 2020 for a further 16 years, if they will withdraw from it or allow the original 16-year process to play out but with annual reviews.

Speaking with reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday, Trump had plenty to say about why the deal shouldn’t be renewed and how the ability to cancel it was its best feature.

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“I’m not looking to renew it,” Trump said.

He didn’t indicate in his comments whether the U.S. would look to withdraw from the deal or move toward the 10 years of annual reviews. Yet in speaking of the deal, he said the best change from NAFTA to CUSMA — or USMCA, as the Americans call it — was the........

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