White House 3-Way Summit With AMLO, Trudeau Is First Since 2016
- Cars, energy and border loom large in series of meetings
- Trade disputes linger even after enactment of new trade deal
President Joe Biden will host Justin Trudeau and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at the White House.
Photographer: Sarah Silbiger/UPI/Bloomberg
The leaders of the U.S., Canada and Mexico will hold their first in-person meeting since President Joe Biden’s election on Thursday, with skirmishes looming over energy and trade as the nations emerge from the pandemic.
Biden will host Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at the White House for what’s called the North American Leaders’ Summit. Pandemic-related border restrictions have recently begun to ease among the nations, but some hurdles remain, such as the risk of overheating economies, supply chain logjams and vaccine and testing rules for cross-border movement.