Posted on 08/07/2009 2:44:13 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
MEXICO CITY – President Barack Obama meets this weekend with leaders of Mexico and Canada at a time when drug-related violence, swine flu and the economic crisis are slipping across North America's borders like never before.
Obama, along with Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, are expected to work on trade and immigration, drug trafficking and security, and clean energy ..
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The summit — a part of the three nations' Security and Prosperity Partnership — was established five years ago by leaders who are no longer in office, ..
The agenda is largely set by business interests currently, but Obama, Calderon and Harper may want to bring more citizen and legislative voices into the process, she said.
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No doubt the unions and the enviros want a seat at the table.
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