U.S. President Donald Trump says the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement on trade is “irrelevant” to him and Americans don’t need Canadian products.
While touring a Ford plant in Michigan, Trump said he wants to see more cars built in the United States and the U.S. doesn’t need vehicles made in Canada or Mexico.
Asked if he will renegotiate CUSMA, which is up for review this year, Trump said “we can have it or not.”



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Notice the dependency isn’t just on Canada. It’s also on China, Mexico, etc. The Canadian dependency of US automotive is just one part of the problem. A lot of production in the US and Canada is dependent on overseas materials and parts even when the product says “Made in Canada.” This is why folks who focus on critical minerals are missing the forest from the trees. The most serious dependency is the labour and production expertise that’s been shipped overseas - a structural problem. Recreating that is a many-year-long process that can’t be fulfilled by the market, as the market already decided against it. I’m not saying we shouldn’t do it. Just casually sizing the problem and the solution in the context of dependence and independence of other countries.