Feb 11 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is privately musing about exiting the North American trade pact, injecting further uncertainty about the deal’s future into pivotal renegotiations involving the U.S., Canada and Mexico, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. A White House official said any announcement would come from Trump. […]
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Trump privately weighs quitting USMCA trade pact he negotiated, Bloomberg News reports
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Feb 11 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is privately musing about exiting the North American trade pact, injecting further uncertainty about the deal’s future into pivotal renegotiations involving the U.S., Canada and Mexico, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
A White House official said any announcement would come from Trump.
“Any discussion about potential presidential action unless announced by the President himself is baseless speculation,” the official said in an email to Reuters.
(Reporting by Rhea Rose Abraham in Bengaluru and Susan Heavey in Washington; Editing by Andrew Heavens and Chizu Nomiyama )