The face\u002Dto\u002Dface summit comes after raised policy tensions over energy, trade and immigration
Immigration on the U.S. southern border with Mexico has reached record levels, and Mexico wants the U.S. to invest more to stem it.
The three countries are bound together by the United States-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement that governs some US$1.5 trillion in North American trade annually. Trudeau welcomed Biden’s election win a year ago but since then a series of old trade disputes over lumber, pipelines and procurement have flared up.
Canada is also unhappy about proposed U.S. tax credits for electric vehicles and says if they are introduced, it would respond appropriately. Ottawa says the move could harm the highly integrated continental auto industry.The White House declined comment. The offices of Lopez Obrador and Trudeau did not respond to requests for comment.
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