Trudeau: U.S. backed down on China trade provision in USMCA

The U.S. initially put forward a provision in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement that was “very rigid on trade” with China, but was persuaded to soften it, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said this week. “They put forward a proposal in the [USMCA] originally that was very, very rigid on trade with China,” Trudeau told the Globe and Mail in an interview published Monday. “We got them to a place where we agree to mutually discuss trade negotiations we might make...