United States Trade Secretary Howard Lutnick said President Donald Trump could announce a trade agreement with Mexico and Canada on Wednesday (5), a day after tax rates against both countries and applied retaliatory rates.
“I think he’s going to work on something with them. It won’t be a break, none of this break, but I think he will develop something, you do more, and I will find you in [meio-termo] Somehow, and we’ll probably announce it tomorrow, ”Lutnick told Fox Business.
The White House imposed 25% general rates on Mexican imports and most Canadian imports on Tuesday.
Canada responded rapidly to implement a 25% rate of Canadian $ 30 billion ($ 20.7 billion) of US products immediately, followed by 125 billion additional Canadian dollars (US $ 86.2 billion) within 21 days.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stressed that
Lutnick pointed out that he spoke to Canadian and Mexican representatives about trade between the three countries.
In addition, a source of the Canadian government confirmed CNN That Canadian Finance Minister Dominic Leblanc spoke to the US Secretary of Commerce on Tuesday.
