On October, the Canadian foreign minister's statement on behalf of the United States and Mexico's foreign media said the agreement was reached.
Earlier, Canada's CTV News quoted a senior US source as saying that Canada and the United States had settled their differences and reached an agreement on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
The Washington Post quoted two sources with knowledge of the situation as saying that the agreement reached by the United States and Canada on September 30 will retain NAFTA as a tripartite trade agreement, and the heads of the three countries will sign a new agreement within two months.
"Today, Canada, the United States and Mexico have agreed on a new trade agreement, the U.S. - Mexico Canada trilateral agreement (usmca), which will provide our workers, farmers and companies with high standard trade agreements that will lead to freer markets, fairer transactions and more sustainable economic growth," the statement said. The agreement will strengthen the middle class, create high paying jobs and bring new opportunities to about 500 million people. "
It is reported that the current North American free trade agreement was signed by the United States, Mexico and Canada in 1994. After taking office, trump announced that he plans to review the agreement and sign a new one. The three countries started this negotiation process in 2017.
中新网10月1日电 据外媒报道，加拿大政府网站公布的加拿大外长弗里兰和美国贸易代表莱特希泽的联合声明称，美国、加拿大和墨西哥达成三方贸易协议，该协议将被称为“USMCA”(美墨加三国协议)。
此前，加拿大CTV News电视台援引美国高级消息人士的话称，加拿大和美国消除了分歧并就北美自贸协定(NAFTA)达成协议。
《华盛顿邮报》援引两位了解情况的消息人士的话报道，9月30日美国和加拿大达成的协议将把北美自贸协定作为三方贸易协议保留，三国首脑将在两个月内签署新协议。
声明中说：“今天，加拿大、美国以及墨西哥商定了新贸易协议——《美墨加三国协议》(USMCA)，《美墨加三国协议》将为我们的工人、农民和公司提供高标准的贸易协议，它将促成更加自由的市场、更加公平的交易以及更可持续的经济增长。协议将加强中产阶级，创造高薪就业机会，并为大约5亿人带来新的机会。”
据悉，现行的北美自由贸易协定是美国、墨西哥和加拿大于1994年签署的。特朗普就职总统后宣布，计划重新审议该协定并签署新协议。三国从2017年开启这一谈判进程。