The Canadian government is gathering stakeholder input on next year's USMCA review, and as part of that process there have been some detailed discussions about how China factors into the considerations.

At a Brookings Institution event today, former Biden administration official Peter Harrell and other participants engaged in a conversation about how issues related to China might come up as part of the upcoming USMCA review.

At a panel today as part of the Georgetown University Law Center's annual International Trade Update, a group of trade experts discussed the role of China in the upcoming USMCA review.

Yesterday, Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland emphasized that Canada was aligned with the U.S. on trade relations with China, distinguishing Canada's position from that of Mexico.

In a letter to the Biden administration this week, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators pressed the administration to prevent Chinese firms from making investments in Mexico so as to avoid tariffs imposed on imports from China.

During a recent webinar, trade lawyers from the U.S. and Mexico discussed several issues related to Chinese investment in Mexico and broader geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and China, with the recent Mexican election and upcoming U.S. election as background.

In its second biennial Report on the Operation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) with Respect to Trade in Automotive Goods, released earlier this week, USTR commented on issues related to Chinese investment in the Mexico auto sector.