The Trump administration declined to renew the 2020 U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement in its current form and will spend the coming months renegotiating it with Canada and Mexico.
A new 50% tariff on Canadian goods is driving the urgency, with critics warning it will push already high prices higher for U.S. families and businesses next month.
Washington state groups argue the existing pact has already saved businesses $126 million in direct tariff costs since 2020 and helped keep North American agricultural trade largely tariff-free.
The renegotiation now becomes a test of whether Washington can preserve lower trade barriers, policy stability and labor and environmental rules while easing economic pressure.