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Biden to host Trudeau, Obrador for summit next week

By Danielle Haynes   |   Nov. 10, 2021 at 4:30 PM
President Joe Biden will host fellow North American leaders at the White House on November 18. Photo by Oliver Contreras/UPI President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (virtually) make statements in the East Room of the White House about their virtual bilateral meeting in Washington, D.C., on February 23. File Photo by Pete Marovich/UPI President Joe Biden and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas listen during a virtual bilateral meeting with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 1. File Photo by Anna Moneymaker/UPI Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives at Number 10 Downing Street for the 70th anniversary NATO summit in London on December 3, 2019. File Photo by Rune Hellestad/UPI Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexico's president, listens during a signing ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 8, 2020. File Photo by Al Drago/UPI

Nov. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. President Joe Biden plans to host Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Washington, D.C., next week, the White House announced Wednesday.

It will be the first North American Leaders' Summit held since 2016, a White House release said.

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The three leaders are expected to reaffirm their alliances and discuss the COVID-19 and other health issues, climate change, and migration.

"Strengthening our partnership is essential to our ability to build back better, to revitalize our leadership, and to respond to a widening range of regional and global challenges," the White House statement said.

It will be the first summit between leaders of the three countries since the signing and adoption of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The USMCA replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement after former President Donald Trump pledged to renegotiate NAFTA.

The visit comes days after the United States lifted travel restrictions on visitors from dozens of countries, including Canada and Mexico. Those crossing U.S. borders by land from Canada or Mexico are required to show proof of vaccination.