US President Joe Biden said on Thursday that the high-level meeting with the leaders of Canada and Mexico was an opportunity for the three neighboring countries to press for solutions to problems affecting the entire North American region and its surroundings. .
Separately, Biden first met Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, when he met in the Oval Office of the White House ahead of a trilateral summit involving President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
It was the first summit in five years where the leaders of the three countries met to discuss long-standing issues, including climate change, migration, economic competitiveness and new challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. 19.
“We are pushing for an inclusive economic recovery together as two countries, and confronting the climate crisis and standing up for democratic values,” Biden said in the Oval Office, flanked by Trudeau.
“I think we’re both in the best position when all opportunity, equality and fairness go hand in hand, and all three are core American and Canadian values. So it’s one of the easiest relationships you can forge as an American president. One of the best,” Biden added.
In a separate meeting in the same room with Lopez Obrador, Biden stressed that the two countries are on equal footing. “Mr. President, we no longer use language like ‘our friends to the South,’ Biden said. “We are equals. We are an egalitarian country,” he said.
Challenges between the two countries include migration issues, Cuba and competition.
In the relations between the three countries, these leaders face rocky ground to cross. After taking office, Biden ended the migrant protection protocol put in place during the Trump era, known as the “Stay in Mexico” or “Stay in Mexico” program, but Texas and Missouri successfully sued the federal government to reintroduce the protocol. This should happen in a few weeks. [em/rs]
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