All 13 provincial and territorial premiers are focused on a push for the federal government to negotiate a bilateral trade deal with the United States, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday.

Ford, who is the current chairman of the Federation Council, the group of Canada’s 13 prime ministers, said they had a conversation and there is a clear consensus that the country needs separate agreements with the United States and Mexico.

“Every prime minister, we know that Mexico is bringing in cheap Chinese parts, slapping on made-in-Mexico stickers, sending it up through the United States and Canada, causing American jobs to be lost and Canadian jobs to be lost,” he said after the call wrapped up. “We want fair trade.”

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has said members of outgoing President Joe Biden’s administration and advisers to President-elect Donald Trump have expressed “very serious” concerns to her about the issue of Mexico becoming a “backdoor” to Chinese goods.

Freeland has sought to reassure nervous Canadians that the country is in good standing with the incoming Trump administration, even as it threatens new tariffs as Ottawa locks horns with the United States over Chinese trade irritants.

The Canada-US-Mexico agreement is due for review in 2026.

The prime minister is calling for a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his officials to discuss the idea of ​​bilateral negotiations.

This week, Trudeau said he raised concerns directly with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on the sidelines of the G20 leaders’ summit in Brazil.

Ford, meanwhile, has spoken frequently about establishing relationships with governors across the U.S., appealing directly to his subnational counterparts and reminding them that Ontario is the No. 1 trading partner to 17 states and No. 2 to 13 others.

The premier is due to meet in Toronto in mid-December and Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew has suggested inviting some governors to the meeting, Ford said.

“I’m not too sure if any will show up, because they’re in transition right now,” he said.

“We’re planning to go there as Team Canada sometime in February … maybe March, when everyone gets back to Washington, and there’s a governors’ meeting in February as well, if I’m not mistaken. We’d love to be down there for the governors’ meeting.”