ABSTRACT The election of Donald Trump and his promise to rip up or renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) posed a fundamental challenge to the already shaky relationship between Canada and Mexico. This article discusses the implications of the talks to re-negotiate NAFTA, which resulted in the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). The first part of the article reviews the evolution of Canada-Mexico relations before and after NAFTA, then discusses the re-negotiation process. The relationship between the two subordinate partners in the agreement was severely tested in the course of the negotiations. The Trump administration’s attempt to divide the United States’ two partners in the agreement was ultimately largely unsuccessful, however, paving the way for stronger cooperation. The election of leftist president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) also creates new opportunities for fruitful collaboration, if the Canadian state is adept at exploring them.

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强强联手？加拿大-墨西哥关系和北美自由贸易协定的重新谈判

摘要唐纳德特朗普的选举和他的承诺撕毁或重新谈判北美自由贸易协定（NAFTA）对加拿大和墨西哥之间已经摇摇欲坠的关系构成了一个根本的挑战。本文讨论了重新谈判北美自由贸易协定的谈判的影响，该谈判导致了加拿大-美国-墨西哥协定 (CUSMA)。文章的第一部分回顾了北美自由贸易协定前后加拿大与墨西哥关系的演变，然后讨论了重新谈判的过程。协议中的两个下属合作伙伴之间的关系在谈判过程中受到了严峻的考验。特朗普政府试图在协议中分裂美国的两个合作伙伴，但最终基本上没有成功，但为加强合作铺平了道路。