Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not be travelling to Washington, D.C. this week after some deliberation as to whether he'd attend a meeting with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and U.S. President Donald Trump.
Trudeau’s office said in the statement that Canada will continue to work with their NAFTA partners “to ensure this new agreement becomes a success for all three countries.”
As The Associated Press has reported, Lopez Obrador and Trudeau are planning to speak by phone ahead of the Mexican president's meeting with Trump later this week. When asked whether he was considering attending the G7 meeting, Trudeau cited the ongoing Canada-U.S. border restrictions and said his decision would be reliant on public health advice.
The current border measures ban any non-essential travel and require anyone returning to Canada from abroad to self-isolate for 14 days. Over the last few months the prime minister has participated in various international meetings via telephone or videoconference, saying last week that in his view it is important to keep meeting as world leaders amid the COVID-19 pandemic. President Donald Trump welcomes Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017.
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