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The two countries released a joint statement saying they had agreed a “new modernised trade agreement”.

According to the statement, the new deal will be known as the “United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)”.

It will incorporate a bilateral deal which the US and Mexico reached at the end of August.

As part of the agreement US dairy farmers will have increased access to markets in Canada whilst Canadian car makers will be protected from US tariffs.