The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition that Prime Minister Mark Carney and the premiers held a virtual meeting Wednesday where the private discussion focused on Canada's negotiating strategy with the United States, just hours after Donald Trump said he's not looking to renew the North American trade pact. A triple-bylined item led by Bill Curry says that speaking with reporters in the Oval Office, the U.S. President repeated his past comments that his country doesn't need "anything" from Canada and Mexico. "I'm not looking to renew it," Mr. Trump said of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the trade pact he signed in his first term. Canada and Mexico are now both pursuing separate talks with the White House over the future of the USMCA. The agreement, which has eased the flow of goods even during Mr. Trump's trade war, is up for a mandatory six-year review on July 1. "After six years, it comes up for renewal. I don't know that I'm going to renew it," Mr. Trump said. Mr. Carney did not respond when asked on Parliament Hill about the President's latest comments. But he did respond when asked about his meeting with the premiers, saying briefly that the focus would be on "the U.S. and the electricity strategy."
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