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U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s top trade negotiator hinted Wednesday that the United States and Canada remain at odds on trade policy as the deadline for renewing the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement<\/a> draws closer, accusing Canada of \u201cdoubling down on globalization.\u201d<\/p>\n U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer<\/a> made the comments while testifying at the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, where he faced several questions about how he was approaching the review of CUSMA<\/a>, which requires all three countries to agree by July 1 on whether to renew, withdraw from or keep renegotiating the North American trade pact.<\/p>\n Greer said he was particularly focused on strengthening and broadening rules of origin that prevent third countries like China from importing subsidized goods into the North American market, where they can then cross borders tariff-free. He said Mexico has already agreed to do its part in improving those rules.<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n Asked if Canada has made similar commitments and is \u201cplaying by the rules,\u201d Greer said \u201ca little bit\u201d in regards to steel but then pointed to Prime Minister Mark Carney\u2019s efforts to diversify Canada\u2019s trading relationships.<\/p>\n \u201cOverall, they\u2019ve indicated that they want to be trading more, they want to have more trade agreements with more countries,\u201d Greer said.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you’ll never miss the day’s top stories.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re doubling down on globalization when we\u2019re trying to correct for the problems of globalization. So those are two models that don\u2019t fit together very well.\u201d<\/p>\n Greer added that \u201cif the Canadians don\u2019t want to have the rule of origin\u201d on additional sectors beyond automobiles, \u201cthen we\u2019ll have to have some other border control to make sure that we aren\u2019t disadvantaged.\u201d<\/p>\n Earlier Wednesday, Carney said \u201cno\u201d<\/a> when asked by reporters if Canada was willing to make any additional concessions in trade talks.<\/p>\n \u201cWe understand what some of the \u2013 what the Americans would call trade irritants or trade issues \u2013 are. We have some on our side as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Carney has stressed the importance of expanding trade with several other countries \u2014 including China \u2014 in order to reduce reliance on the U.S., which government figures say accounts for 75 per cent of Canada\u2019s exports.<\/p>\n Other Trump administration officials, including U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick,<\/a>\u00a0and experts like Michael Kovrig<\/a>\u00a0have criticized Carney for seeking closer ties with China in response to Trump\u2019s tariffs and policy demands on Canada.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMore on U.S. News Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t0:53 Lutnick said last week that Trump views CUSMA as \u201ca bad deal\u201d and that it needs to be \u201cre-imagined.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Get](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\")
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