Post-pandemic economic recovery, health security, climate and rising cost of living… This November 18, in Washington, the American, Canadian and Mexican leaders will have a busy agenda at their first summit since 2016. Media analysis and Canadian experts, who believe that nothing will be easy.
“After a forced five-year hiatus, the ‘Three Amigos’ of Canada, the United States and Mexico will have their work cut out for them”, writing Radio Canada. The public station warns that, for this first official meeting between Justin Trudeau, Joe Biden and Andrés Manuel López Obrador, “The potential pitfalls are numerous”.
US protectionism targeted
Starting with Joe Biden’s green stimulus plan, which wants to encourage his fellow citizens to buy electric cars for an attractive discount, granted only for vehicles built in the United States. Although Washington complies with the Buy American Act of 1933, notes the Canadian broadcaster, it is “A measure that displeases Canada and Mexico, because it risks harming their own automotive sectors, which are also attempting to transition to electric vehicles ”.
On the contrary, for Canada it is a lever for negotiation, according to Frédérick Gagnon, political scientist at the University of Quebec in Montreal. Because the United States, he told Radio Canada, are going to need minerals for the construction of their electric batteries, and its Canadian neighbor is full of them.
Ottawa and Mexico City also fear that the money earmarked for infrastructure renovation projects
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Martin Gauthier
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