Agricultural officials from the United States, Mexico and Canada are meeting this week in Calgary, Alberta, under the Tri-National Agricultural Accord, and a coalition of US farm groups has used the occasion to restate its support for the three-country trade agreement, The Fence Post reports from The Hagstrom Report.

"Trade between the U.S., Mexico and Canada is extremely important to the U.S. agricultural sector, rural America and the U.S. economy," said Bryan Goodman, a spokesman for the Agricultural Coalition for the USMCA. Agricultural and seafood exports to Canada and Mexico accounted for $149 billion in economic output in the United States in 2024, he said, an impact that would not be possible without the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

Goodman said the accord gives all three countries a chance to "move beyond select disagreements", reflect on the agreement's benefits and find room for closer cooperation, and the coalition hopes the talks will help towards renewal of the agreement for producers and consumers in all three countries.

The Trump administration is currently negotiating separately with the Canadian and Mexican governments. President Trump negotiated the USMCA in his first term but has criticised it in his second, particularly the US-Canada trade relationship.

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Source: The Fence Post