It is transparently obvious now that Canada is going to rely on UniParty (Corporate) opposition to President Trump in the dissolution of the USMCA (CUSMA) in favor of two distinctly different bilateral trade agreements; one with Canada and one with Mexico.
A bilateral trade negotiation between the United States and Canada would be devastating to the interests of the Canadian government. Particularly after the Venezuela operation and new strategic relationship with the United States, Canada has almost zero points of leverage to negotiate anything similar to their current exploitative trade position.
Canada is going to rely on congress to stop Trump from forcing reciprocity in the bilateral discussions. However, as a positive indicator that President Trump will factually have congressional support for the elimination of the USMCA, Democrat Senator Ruben Gallego has written a letter to President Trump requesting a comprehensive review. [LETTER HERE]
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This is a key Senate democrat who notes the problem. One of Gallego’s top points of concern is the loophole that Canada uses to assemble Chinese component parts into finished goods for tariff free distribution into the United States.
Ever since President Trump won the 2024 election, Mexico has been taking proactive independent action to block Chinese component goods. But Canada has done the opposite and begun to enhance their trade relationship with China to take even more Chinese component and finished goods.
Gallego writes to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer from the position of wanting to increase wages and enhance jobs in both Mexico and the USA, growing both economies. However, Gallego’s advocacy simultaneously bolsters why the USMCA should be dissolved and also puts Canada at a distinct disadvantage.
MEXICO – Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum told reporters during her morning news briefing on Wednesday that her U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, is open to doing away with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA) and replace it with individual trade deals with each country.
[…] “There might be revisions that create bilateral deals instead of involving the three countries because some things are more important between Mexico and the United Sates or between Canada and the United States,” said Sheinbaum. “Not everything has to be trilateral.”
Mexico’s president said the subject was brought up by Trump during a Tuesday phone conversation. […] According to Sheinbaum, her country is ready to consider possible changes. (read more)
Just like the original NAFTA dissolution, if Senate democrats agree the USMCA is structurally flawed then Canada will lose its only hope to retain the trilateral agreement.
It appears that some Senate democrats like Gallego recognize this issue and support the need for exceptional change.
There is a significant difference between Mexico and Canada as it pertains to trade. Two distinctly different bilateral trade agreements would be the best outcome for the USA.
Team Mexico have already been holding bilateral discussions with USTR Jamieson Greer, and I suspect the broad outlines of a free trade agreement between the U.S and Mexico have already been agreed.
While Mexico has been working diligently for 16 months to get into alignment with the USA on a new free trade agreement, Canada has been doing everything possible to retain their “elbows up” position in opposition to the USA. This will not work out well for Canada.
“The key thing that has struck me, and I think it has struck all Canadians, is so many of these guys in the Trump administration, frankly, they just hate Canada,” said Brian Clow, former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s deputy chief of staff who led Canada-U.S. affairs. {source}
“Canada joining at a later date”? 😂🤣😂
Sad. The PNW used to have many aluminum plants due to super cheap hydro power. But the demoncrats ruined that too.
The two most important criteria in the cost effective production of aluminum are:
1) An abundant supply of reliable, inexpensive electricity. That’s typically been from a hydro source.
2) A sustainable scarcity of democrats in the political landscape.
I would think a scarcity of democrats in any landscape, would be an advantage…just sayin’….
a total absence required for heaven
Let’s add RINOs to that mix as well, ie Cornyn!!!
That is funny, however, I think also seriously true.
Democrats promote envy, laziness, entitlement. Any efficient labor plant relies on workers with a mindset and character of hard work, efficiency, and a corporation not run by greed, but by ethical sustainability and care of its employees as part of the corporate culture. This mindset was highest in the 70’s and disappeared as the USCOC and WEF began scheming to make slaves out of the whole working/academic class of Americans.
I think the data is there to show that there is a strong correlation with economic inefficiency and social dysfunction in proportion to the degree of alignment with democratic/socialist/communist ideology.
Unfortunately states like SC will have an influx of fleeing workers from blue states. NH used to be at least 1 reliable red elector. The influx of MA residents and others fleeing the very politicians/policies that have burdened them to flee are invading low tax states and will destroy them next! Major problems coming to low tax states that are reliably red!
They are the embodiment of killing the golden goose.
They are ALWAYS trying to extract more money from people and business and end up killing them.
The ultimate parasites.
One of our two useless/ worthless senators from Arizona takes center stage….
Please understand, Gallego is not an Arizonian nor is Kelly. Gallego from Chicago and Kelly from New Jersey… neither know one twit about Arizona, its people nor history. They have both been installed to destroy.
We’ve got walk-ins all over the state it seems. “Walk-ins” in the negative supernatural sense as in bad spirit body-snatchers. Not “walking in the Spirit” but an evil parallel as in evil archetype. I can hardly keep up with local but have long wondered if this is a nationwide occurrence?
Democrats have ruined Everything in this country.
Beginning at least with Wilson, FDR, Truman, LBJ, Carter, Clinton, Obama & Biden.
You can point to things both small & Very Big, in each of their administrations which was another leap down the path to where we are now.
I liked Truman.
Truman = National Security Act (CIA)
Simple really…like PDJT said…..” everything democ4aps touch turns to shyt””…..Simple ans consistent.
That’s rich.
What have Republicans done other than war and crash economies?
Provided comedic relief but not as much as your people.
Pretty much pretend they are fighting against everything the democ-RATS want, just to stay in power or when in the minority, to get back in power to pretend to stop the democ-RATS.
Basically which ever party is in power gets to funnel boatloads of money in gov’t contracts to friends and family, while lobbyists shovel additional boatloads of money into their foundations and campaigns. The best part for the greedy politician is they get to keep what is unspent, tax free.
That’s why they are called republi-CONS
Go away
Correction: The “Uniparty”
The same one blocking Save America!
Here on the Olympic Peninsula of Western Washington state, we used to be net providers of electric power to the grid. After the destruction of the dams on the Elwha River, “for the salmon,” we are a net draw on the grid.
That nuclear thing in Washington didn’t work out as intended, either.
Hydro along the Columbia could have been better planned but wasn’t. We didn’t know much when Grand Coulee was built; today we know much more, but the will to implement it got buried under piles of boondoggle.
Worst hydro/irrigation project ever built: Feather River dam in California that was horribly ineffecient, not even well surveyed before construction, and nearly failed a few years ago – but it kept a bunch of workers busy, “good for the economy,” and the benefits provided could have been achieved with less negative impact.
BPA is not a favorite—see my comment above to BONES…bill
Yes, we spend a huge amount of money (dams, bridges, culverts, etc) to please tribes or I mean “for the salmon”. On the Westend BPA (Bonneville Power Administration) is our favorite. The Westend looses BPA electricity 3+ a winter if the wind blows over 25 mph. Of coarse we need to wait for repair crews travel from Portland so power will be out for a day. The latest March planned BPA over night electrical outage for maintenance during freezing temperatures is a good example of stupidity…bill
There was a big aluminum plant right next to John Day dam. Now its just a parking lot.
WA State democrates are notorious for over taxing good business until they leave the State…bill
And CENX stock is higher than I’ve ever seen it and I’ve traded and watched it fir over a decade.
That is definitely great news, but I sure hope the markets start going back up soon.
Wining!
Gallego’s goals and motivations have absolutely zero to do with anything beneficial to the USA unless it directly benefits him and the local D party in AZ. He’s only where he is due to the massive decades-old fraud machine that is AZ politics. edit: grammar
I agree with everything you stated. My thoughts when first reading the article was the Dems know this is Trumps strategy and they are trying to get in front of it so they can try and take credit for the idea and that they are for the working man/gal. The truth ios that ship sailed now they are only for the invasive working man/gal!
Or maybe seizure of election records has changed his perspective?
An in-depth investigation into ASU would also be worthwhile!
It’s why I ask if he’s registered under FARA.
Agree with your comments about Gallego. PT should absolutely in no way trust him and should continue on the path toward separate bi-lateral trade agreements with Mexico and Canada (if they want one).
The fraud machine you refer to is mostly Maricopa County. The rest of the state is about the same as most of the country, more or less, but you cannot win a state-wide race without winning Maricopa County. It is and has been fraud central in Arizona for a long time. I do not believe Gov. Hobbs, AG Mayes, SOS Fontes, Senators Kelly and Gallego, and probably a couple of the state’s Democrat members of Congress were legitimately elected and they are in office only because of the massive fraud that has taken place in that one county over the last decade. And remember Maricopa Cty was one of the counties where the fraud was engineered to give Biden the WH in 2020.
Maybe something will come of the recent seizure of election records by DOJ, but am not going to hold my breath. The new Republican county recorder (the office that is supposed to be in charge of elections in the county) is getting interfered with in a big way by the Board of Supervisors (Democrats and RINOs control the board). They do not want him to be successful reforming anything and are doing everything they can to make sure nothing changes and the fraud continues. Sure hope DOJ can manage to clean it up, but it will need to happen soon. If the investigation just drags on until PT leaves office, then nothing will change.
Right!
They allowed “counting” until Nov 21, to get him in when AZ voted big for Trump.
Does that make sense to anyone with a brain???
Layer upon layer of corruption, swamp in the desert is very deep.
He’s pandering to All of his constituents in Mexico who receive remittances from their illegal relatives here.
I think that anytime anyone supposed to be representing American citizens advocates for another nation’s citizens over our own or even alongside as Gallego just did – these traitors need a 3 strikes law to oust them should they persist. Sooooooo sick of this.
You don’t keep slapping someone in the face then cry because they don’t find you pleasant. US is tired of being Canada’s Candyman.
Or….. piss on my face fine, just don’t tell me it’s maple syrup.
That is almost an insult to Vermont Maple Syrup….
That’s all I buy.
Why not? Canada’s government has been doing this to their own people for a VERY long time and getting away with it to the point that the people of the country are extremely divided about it. Turns out people who want to keep the money they make are “far right” and people who want to suck the life out of other provinces like a parasite are “good people.”
Canada should be so lucky to have a trading partner that affords thier citizens to have an opportunity to make a living off of our generosity PEROID !
FTR, I recently dealt with a distributor which sells Chinese-made refrigeration units.
When the new tariffs were passed, this Chinese company moved manufacturing to Thailand.
Perot, They likely just moved final assembly and packaging to Thailand in an attemp to avoid tariffs.
The existing USMCA is both a treaty and a law enacted by Congress and signed by President Trump. I don’t see how it can be cancelled without Congressional approval?
The exit is outlined in the originating USMCA agreement.
Simply put …. NO
There is a 6-Year Sunset Clause that requires RENEWAL of the Agreement for it to continue. That would require the President and Legislature to agree to RENEW IT.
The USMCA was put into effect in July 2020 … and the USMCA “Sunsets (ends)” in July 2026 … unless renewed.
Also, as discussed here on CTH, President Trump’s Team has made all the required notifications that the intent of the US is to not renew the agreement.
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Isn’t it surreal that the citizens of the “crown” in all the four countries (UK, Can, Aus, NZ) aren’t raising hell at their “governments”?
Those four countries are being destroyed as assuredly as is the Iranian regime and only at a bit slower pace. Sad!
Isn’t it surreal that the citizens of the “crown” in all the four countries (UK, Can, Aus, NZ) aren’t raising hell at their “governments”?
How many of them are citizens? I ask because as an American citizen I’ve worked with some from the UK that are proud, sometimes boastful, to call themselves “subjects” of the crown.
They are quickly being overrun by those who are proud, sometimes boastful, to call themselves “subjects” of Allah (PBUH).
The people in those countries disagree with each other. Some are just plain stupid about it and just go along with everything the government does. Some are same minded patriots who will risk prison just to speak out about what is wrong with the government and what they are doing. Some are sympathetic to the truth tellers but FEAR PUNISHMENT and continue saying nothing.
If there is any delight we can take from it is knowing that the people who “wanted this” will suffer the most and have absolutely ZERO idea they helped to create the problem that’s killing them.
They are not citizens, they are subjects.
Since the 1950’s the biggest investor into Australia is the USA and the Labor and Greens parties have been implementing the policies of the US Democrats ‘build back better’ including massive wind and solar farms destroying industries and now the farmers.
So Australians are more accurately described as 2nd class citizens of the USA.
You have no idea of the role of the King in Britain or anywhere else and should stop making a fool of yourself.
In Alberta, there’s a very strong grassroots movement to secede from Canada. The province may have a public referendum on the issue of separation in October. People there are still hopeful of implementing peaceful change but *very* aware of what the federal government is trying to do.
It won’t take more than 2 or 3 Democrats in favor of separate bilateral trade agreements to crush Carney’s “charm offensive” with the UniParty.
Gallego and Fetterman perhaps?
If Congress requests that the WH stop reciprocity in the trade negotiations, the President should calmly reply that, “we just don’t have the votes to support that.”
Hey RuRu, support SAVE Act and I’ll think about it.
Americans don’t hate Canada, We just want the theft stopped.
Speak for yourself.
We’re tired of their arrogant, self-righteous, condescending twit attitudes in Florida.
And they pass off their less valuable coinage as ours, grabbing their 25% discount on currency taken as equal, get all pissy when confronted. If it’s not hatred it ain’t too far away from it.
“There are hundreds of millions at stake,” and lots of that money is going into DC pockets. Like this man’s.
This is helpful, because Gallego makes it “ok,” providing cover for other SW Hispanic Senators to side similarly: Ben Ray Luján-NM, Catherine Cortez Masto-NV and Alex Padilla-CA.
President Trump wins again LOL
I am not a rocket surgeon (although my dad was a NASA rocket scientist!), but the end result of the “green energy transition” was so blatantly obvious even to me. The pushing by the elites could only be due to 1) the grift; 2) a religious zealotry for a world that cannot exist or 3) a vector for control. The results for the EU and Canada were as predictable as the sun coming up tomorrow.
As to #3: the new control vector is AI which requires cheap and abundant power. It’s been fascinating to watch the portion aligned with control quickly pivot to Nuclear! or whatever they think they can get pass their climate apologist fellow travelers in order to implement the AI control apparatus.
Canada has vast amounts of energy that could easily place it among the global players in the sector and be used as an important piece of their economic ties to the United States. But no … they need to save the seals or something.
I stayed at that hotel… and I played one on TV…
Senator Gallego got something right for a change.
He’s doing it for the legal side of the Mexican cartel boss’ businesses, not for the USA.
“Chu may not speak about mi in such a way. I’m a US Senator from the State of Sinalo…Arizona!”
We even have ads on the radio for avocados from Mexico as a separate from any store ad. How many of the avocado farms are cartel owned now?
We don’t hate Canada. We LOVE Canada. Canada has the same problem we have had, and that is allowing Lefty Lunatics to steer the ship. Canadians need to fight, fight, fight!
We don’t love Canada at all.
They have long seemed to be smug freeloaders albeit with the exception of those from Alberta.
Lol, obviously your state doesn’t border Canada so you can see all the issues up close and personally.
NO we don’t Love Canada. Canada is another failed Socialist country.
Cartel Gallego
Is Democrat Senator Ruben Gallego registered as a foreign agent???
I think not, but his father, the drug dealer incarcerated in the Chicago slammer, might be.
I really feel that America should have as little to do with Canada as we can get away with.
There is a whole lot going on today in Canada that is flat out alarming, such as their growing relationship with China, then China’s military training exercises there, then we’ve got the drug issues coming over our Northern border, I’m also deeply offended at Canada’s push to euthanize as many people as they can because life has grown so cheap there.
Canada is rapidly going from bad to worse..
Many here in Canada agree with you.
Terrific we have a wonderful family here, the downside is moving to the U.S.A. although doable.
We can’t imagine leaving the grandkids.
MAiD is downright, straight-up evil, Third Reich-level evil. Right out of Hitler’s eugenics, eradicate useless eaters playbook. Lifted from the pages of history to live, real-time present practices. Same trajectory awaits as where it went from this stage back then, 1930’s—>1940’s. Same damn thing. Sicko’s in charge, with Sicko’s applauding from the front row seats.
I think Canada is a great missionary field of opportunity.
So the Canadian Carpetbagger goes begging to the Cartel leader in Mexico and that cartel leader goes to another connected Cartel member in Gallego ?
Senator Gallego, what have you done for President Trump or MAGA that your opinion should be considered? You’ve FA’d on us your entire tenure, now FO how that works. You’ve earned zero political capital or good will.
I agree, while that is a beautiful proposal, it is too good, espcially comming from you. My suspicious cat is leery. It may be that he is representing Mexican ties and wants to stick it to Canada.
Alternatively, he may be in the process of a red pill transformation. He is a Marine.
Senator Ruben Gallego is a Democratic U.S. Senator for Arizona (sworn in 2025), representing the entire state. Raised by a single mother, he overcame poverty, graduated from Harvard, and served as a Marine in Iraq. Formerly a U.S. Representative (2015–2025) and state legislator, he focuses on veterans’ affairs, environmental protection, and economic opportunities for working families. CHCI
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Oh, we don’t hate Canada, just the Canadian government. For what it’s worth, we hate much of our too!
Well, Rueben’s dad did work for the Mexican cartels, not the Canadians…
Yes, Canadians work for the Chinese Cartels.
The same cartels are responsible for illegal marijuana operations in Maine too. Ditto meth and fentanyl/carfentanil in general.
No offense, but I begin from a position of skepticism as soon as Gallego opens his pie-hole!
I am not a Gallego fan. If he is for it, I’m usually not.
Since ole Rube wants to increase wages in Mexico…(censored).
Thank you, Sundance!!
Socialism in all of its shapes, sizes, and forms never works out very well for anyone but the elites who push it and lazy people who live off the work of others.
But if you are a grifter of any kind, it works out pretty well.