The President of the United States, Joe Biden, has expressed to his Canadian counterpart, Justin Trudeau, his intention to visit Canada next March. If it happens, it would be his first trip to the country since he took office.
He made this known to Trudeau on Tuesday on the sidelines of the North American Leaders’ Summit being held this week in Mexico City, although the Biden Administration has not yet provided details about this possible visit.
The two have held talks on Tuesday on various bilateral priority issues in order to take «coordinated actions». In particular, Biden and Trudeau have indicated that they will work to provide assistance to the people of Haiti, which is experiencing an economic and security crisis, as reported by the White House in a statement.
«They reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening the U.S.-Canada partnership to promote human rights and uphold democratic values, including through strong support for democratic institutions in Brazil in the wake of the weekend’s unrest,» the statement read.
Washington and Ottawa have also emphasized their partnership to collaborate on migration issues, especially refugee resettlement and expanding legal channels of entry to the North American continent.
Along these lines, Biden and Trudeau announced during the trilateral summit in Mexico City, together with his Mexican counterpart, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the creation of a virtual platform to provide migrants with simplified access to legal channels.
Among other measures, Mexico, the United States and Canada have agreed to increase the exchange of information to improve the asylum application system, while they have also committed to coordinate actions and strategies to combat arms and drug trafficking, as well as human trafficking.
The three leaders have also agreed to coordinate investment in semiconductor manufacturing through a forum with industry representatives. They have also agreed to work together to reduce greenhouse gases by reducing methane emissions by at least 15 percent by 2030.
This announcement comes after Congress passed legislation last year to provide more than $50 billion to build facilities and produce microchips in an attempt to lead the industry against the United States’ biggest competitor, China, as reported by Bloomberg.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
