Lutnick Says Trump Will Renegotiate Trade Pact With Canada, Mexico Next Year

The commerce secretary said 75 percent of imports from Canada and Mexico are covered under the free trade agreement.

US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick speaks at the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh on July 15, 2025. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on July 20 that President Donald Trump will renegotiate the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) when the trade pact is due for review next year.

The USMCA, enacted during Trump’s first term in July 2020, replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement.