The 2021 North American Leaders' Summit
On November 18th, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to Washington, D.C. for the first North American Leaders' Summit since 2016. Through a series of bilateral and trilateral meetings, the three leaders and their teams discussed topics ranging from COVID-19 pandemic response to critical North American supply chains.
The Wilson Center's programming surrounding the Summit included an expert commentary series by Mexico and Canada Institute fellows, a briefing by former U.S. ambassadors to Canada and Mexico, and a public forum featuring Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Check out some of the highlights below.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Wilson
The Wilson Center proudly hosted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, Minister Mary Ng, and Minister Marco Mendicino on November 17 for a public forum that touched on free trade, Indigenous reconciliation, and emergency response to severe flooding in British Columbia.
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Fellows and staff from the Wilson Center Canada and Mexico Institutes comment on the first North American Leaders Summit since 2016, hosted by President Biden on November 18th, 2021.
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Canada Institute Global Fellow Richard Sanders writes on the history of the North American idea and where the case for North American integration stands.
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Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Earl Anthony Wayne and former U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson gave a Ground Truth Briefing the morning before leaders met in Washington for The North American Leaders' Summit,
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Preceding their Ground Truth Briefing on Wednesday, Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne and Ambassador David Jacobson published an op-ed on the case for the return of North American leaders summits as the world reemerges from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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