Canada says bilateral deals with US will accompany USMCA review

The Canadian minister responsible for Canada-United States trade Dominic LeBlanc said on Thursday that there will be bilateral deals with the U.S. along with the review of the trilateral free trade pact. 

"I would expect that we will have bilateral arrangements between Canada and the United States, between the United States and Mexico, sort of adjacent to the trilateral framework, if those agreements resolve issues that all three countries are trying to resolve," LeBlanc said in Toronto at a conference. 

He said he is also expected to meet with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer next week in France on the sidelines of the G7 leaders' meeting.