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Wednesday, June 29, 2016 

Obama (center) pictured with Trudeau (left) and Peña Nieto (right)

Later today, U.S. President Barack Obama is set to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto for the North American Leaders’ Summit (being deemed the “Three Amigos” by media) in Ottawa.

This is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s first Summit meeting with other leaders. Last year’s North American Leaders’ Summit did not occur due to a precarious political situation between the countries. Nevertheless, impromptu topics of discussion have been estimated to be the United Kingdom’s recent referendum to exit the European Union as well as U.S. political candidates — especially Donald Trump.

This summit is not predicted to occur next year as both political candidates for the U.S. presidency (one of whom will have replaced Obama at that time) have shown differing views than the current leaders at the summit. Hillary Clinton — despite her support of a North American Trade Agreement in 1993 — has shown disagreement with NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) — previously stating that NAFTA “has hurt a lot of workers”. Donald Trump not only disagrees with NAFTA — calling it a “disaster” — but also has scorned Mexico and its government throughout his political campaign: scorns that could drastically alter U.S. — Mexico relations in the future.

Trudeau and Peña Nieto both will hold their terms in office long after 2016. Trudeau’s first term will end in 2019 and possibly continue into 2023 whilst Peña Nieto’s term of office will end in 2018. President Obama, however, will end his term in January of next year, making this not only Justin Trudeau’s first summit but Obama’s fifth and last summit.

W. Bush (center) pictured with Fox (left) and Martin (right)

The first North American Leaders’ Summit occurred in 2005 in Waco, Texas with then-leaders U.S. President George W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, and Mexican President Vincente Fox. 14 years prior the treaty labelled NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) was signed by all three countries.

Only two summits have not occurred in their 11 year history: the 2010 summit in Wakefield, Quebec, Canada (with host leader Stephen Harper) and the 2015 summit which — unlike the 2010 summit — was never scheduled due to harsh political relations, especially between the United States and Mexico.

Richard Nixon’s parliamentary address, 1972

President Barack Obama will also be speaking in joint sessions at the Canadian Senate and House of Commons — the last address taking place by Bill Clinton almost two decades prior — after an invitation by Justin Trudeau. Obama will be the 7th president to do so — his other 6 predecessors being: Harry Truman (1947), Dwight D. Eisenhower (twice; 1953, 1958), John F. Kennedy (1961), Richard Nixon (1972), Ronald Reagan (twice; 1981, 1987), and Bill Clinton (1995).

Sources[]

• Grenier, Éric. “2 of the next 3 Amigos could mean trouble for Trudeau” — CBC, 06/29/2016
• Mas, Susana. “Trudeau looks for reset with Mexico, leadership role with Americas” — CBC, 06/28/2016
• Unknown author(s). “Three Amigos’ friendly but ‘frank’ talks lead to climate, energy deal, Trudeau says” — CBC, 06/29/2016
• Shendruk, Amanda. “Every world leader who has addressed Canada’s Parliament” — Maclean’s Magazine, 06/29/2016