Josh Wingrove, Jennifer Jacobs and Eric Martin

(Bloomberg) – U.S. President Joe Biden plans to meet Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on January 9-10 in Mexico for the North American Leaders Summit, sources close to the government said. case.

Biden will meet one-on-one with López Obrador in Mexico City on Jan. 9 and the three leaders will hold a trilateral session on Jan. 10, the people said, though they warned plans could still change.

Mexico’s president, known as AMLO, at one point said the summit would take place in December, a claim that drew silence from other countries. Subsequently, AMLO announced that it would take place on January 9 and 10. The two countries have not officially confirmed those dates, but the plan is moving forward, the people said.

Spokespersons for the United States and Canada declined to comment on the matter.

It will be the second summit, known as the Three Amigos, since the administration of former President Barack Obama, the first being in 2021. Meetings were suspended during President Donald Trump’s tenure due to his request for renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. and his insistence that Mexico pay for a border wall.

Biden is heading to the meeting in the face of internal Republican pressure for concessions from AMLO to stem the flow of migrants across the US-Mexico border.

The trio will come together as Biden seeks to implement provisions of the Cut Inflation Act, a landmark US bill that extends certain benefits to Mexico and Canada. These provisions have drawn complaints from other US allies.

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