Donald Trump said the new trade deal struck with Canada

and Mexico was "the most important" ever agreed by the

US.
The president said the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
(USMCA), which replaces Nafta, would bring thousands of jobs
back to North America.
Speaking at the White House, Mr Trump said the new pact
vindicated his threats over trade tariffs.
The new deal covered trade between the three countries worth
$1.2trn and was "truly historic", he said.
It was also "the biggest trade deal in the United States history", he
told a press conference.
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Mr Trump spoke after earlier posting tweets claiming the new
trade pact solved the "deficiencies and mistakes" in Nafta, which
has governed trade between the three countries since 1994.
He said the new deal was "much more reciprocal" than Nafta,
which he described as "perhaps the worst trade deal ever made".
The measures in the new deal - which Mr Trump dubbed "US
MCA" - "will support many - hundreds of thousands - American
jobs".
The president has adopted an "America First" policy and launched
a trade war against China, as well as imposed tariffs on steel and
aluminium imports from Mexico and Canada.
"Without tariffs we wouldn't be talking about a deal," Mr Trump
said