"I agree to a trade arrangement with you. But if in future you decide to trade freely with another country whose trade practices I do not approve, I reserve the right to end my trade arrangement with you."
This seems to be one of the conditions the United States has imposed upon Canada and Mexico in the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the successor to the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta), which was signed on Sept 30.
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