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After a meeting in the Mexican capital, the “three amigos” agreed on the reduction of imports from Asia, the fight against fentanyl trafficking and the environment. But in terms of migration, the record is poor.
commonly baptized “The Summit of the Three Amigos”a reference to a western parody by John Landis, the two-day meeting between the heads of state of Mexico, Canada and the United States, the three North American countries, concluded on Tuesday with good words: “We are stronger and better when all three of us work together”, concluded Joe Biden, ahead of his counterparts Andrés Manuel López Obrador (nicknamed Amlo) and Justin Trudeau.
A post-Covid world
Three major issues were on the table at the Mexico Summit: immigration, the fight against drug and arms trafficking and the climate. A meeting between the same three heads of state took place in New York in November 2021, but focused mainly on coordinating health policies. In a post-Covid world, the goal now is, again according to Joe Biden, to make North America “the most competitive, prosperous and resilient economic region in the world”. The three states are linked by a free trade agreement in force since 1994, and renegotiated in 2020 under Donald Trump.
Ahead of the summit, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan set the tone by emphasizing the importance of regional integration to reduce the “addiction” towards something “Other parties
