MEXICO CITY — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau extolled the virtues of North American free trade to a Mexican audience of business leaders Tuesday — and took a…
Trudeau, kicking off his final day in Mexico City for the North American Leaders’ Summit, portrayed Canada as an original architect and the principal guardian of free trade on the continent as he called for a new era of three-way growth.We deliver the local news you need in these turbulent times on weekdays at 3 p.m.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
They also knew that an integrated continental economy would bring any and all opportunities that much closer, he said — “including those they couldn’t even imagine yet.” Trudeau made a point of reminding his audience that it wasn’t so long ago that North American trade was in serious jeopardy at the hands of former president Donald Trump — and that Canada and Mexico together rode to its rescue.Article content
Biden departed the summit late Tuesday, leaving it up to Trudeau and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to conjure the spirit of modern-day, three-way free trade and explore the most overlooked bilateral dynamic on a continent normally far more seized with relations that involve the United States.Article content
A modified form of Nexus, jointly run by the Canada Border Services Agency and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, will be up and running by the spring, said Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino.
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