US Commerce Secretary Says Ottawa Courting China Could Cost It in USMCA Negotiations

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick speaks during the WEF annual meeting in Davos on Jan. 20, 2026. Fabrice Coffrini/AFPU.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says Ottawa could risk jeopardizing the upcoming renegotiations of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement by getting closer to China and opening the Canadian market to more Chinese products.Lutnick’s remarks come after Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a speech on Jan. 20 at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, urging countries and companies not to comply with unspecified “great powers” that he said are using “coercion.”