USMCA: Why the long-awaited fight over the North American trade deal never started0

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• July 4, 2026

For months, policymakers, businesses and trade observers in Washington had been preparing for a turbulent spring and summer around The future of the T-MECthe trade pact that links the United States, Canada and Mexico. But, to quote former British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan: “Events, my dear boy, events.” The war with Iran has dominated Washington’s