U.S., Mexico agree to begin talks on CUSMA reforms, USTR’s office says

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026 in Detroit. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Mexican Secretary of Economy Marcelo Ebrard agreed during a meeting on Wednesday to begin formal discussions on possible reforms to the Canada-United States-Mexico- trade agreement, Greer’s office said.

Possible reforms include stronger rules of origin for key industrial goods, more collaboration on critical minerals, increasing efforts to defend workers and producers, and efforts to combat dumping of manufactured goods, the USTR’s office said in a statement.

(Reporting by Costas Pitas; writing by Ryan Patrick Jones in Toronto; writing by Susan Heavey)