Nothing major in results is expected from the North American summit, which will focus on drug and gang issues, with climate change and swine flu also on the table.
A sidebar US-Mexico talk covered Mexican trucks coming into the US and US drug war aid, but with little progress.
Both our neighbors are worried about recession-driven protectionism. Obama was “Wink, wink” on this with Canada in the campaign; the presidential Obama is a free-trader, without generally addressing enviro and labor issues.
In other words, he’s a neolib. Alert Frank Rich. Expect him to get a modest increase in Mexican shorter-haul trucks now and more in the 2010 lame-duck Congress.
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August 10, 2009
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