North American Leaders' Summit
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The North American Leaders' Summit (NALS), sometimes called the Three Amigos Summit in the popular press,[1][2][3] is the trilateral summit between the Prime Minister of Canada, the President of Mexico, and the President of the United States.[4] The summits were initially held as part of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP), a continent-level dialogue between the three countries established in 2005, and continued after SPP became inactive in 2009.[5][6]
The most recent North American Leaders' Summit was hosted by US president Joe Biden on November 18, 2021 at the White House in Washington, D.C.[7][8]
Meetings[]
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Until 2009, the summits were held as part of the wider Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America. There are no fixed dates for the summits and in some years a summit has not been held for varying reasons.[9] During the Trump administration from 2017 to 2021, no official summits were held.[10] The leaders of the three countries continued to meet at other events, such as the signing of the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement during the 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit.
Year | Location | Dates | Host leader | Guest leaders | |
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2005 | ![]() |
March 23 | George W. Bush | ![]() ![]() | |
2006 | ![]() |
March 31 | Vicente Fox | ![]() ![]() | |
2007 | ![]() |
August 20–21 | Stephen Harper | ![]() ![]() | |
2008 | ![]() |
April 21–22 | George W. Bush | ![]() ![]() | |
2009 | ![]() |
August 8–11 | Felipe Calderón | ![]() ![]() | |
2010 | No meeting held[notes 1][9] | ||||
2011 | No meeting held[notes 2][11] | ||||
2012 | ![]() |
April 2 | Barack Obama | ![]() ![]() | |
2013 | No meeting held[9] | ||||
2014 | ![]() |
February 19 | Enrique Peña Nieto | ![]() ![]() | |
2015 | No meeting held[notes 3][12] | ||||
2016 | ![]() |
June 29 | Justin Trudeau | ![]() ![]() | |
2017 | No meetings held[notes 4][13] | ||||
2018 | |||||
2019 | |||||
2020 | |||||
2021 | ![]() |
November 18 | Joe Biden | ![]() ![]() |
See also[]
- Bilateral relations
- Trilateral relations
- North American Free Trade Agreement
- United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement
- Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, predecessor to NALS
- North American Union, a theoretical economic and political union of the three countries
Notes[]
- ^ A planned 2010 summit in Wakefield, Quebec was postponed and later cancelled by Stephen Harper.
- ^ The planned November 13, 2011 summit in Honolulu, Hawaii was cancelled by Barack Obama after the death of Mexican Interior Minister Francisco Blake Mora and several other Mexican government officials in a helicopter crash
- ^ The planned 2015 summit in Canada was postponed and later cancelled by Stephen Harper over tensions with the administration of Barack Obama over the Keystone XL oil pipeline
- ^ No summits were held during the presidency of Donald Trump.
References[]
- ^ Cheadle, Bruce (April 3, 2012). "Three Amigos summit not so chummy". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- ^ Potter, Mitch (April 2, 2012). "Analysis: Stephen Harper faces tricky terrain during 'Three Amigos' summit". Toronto Star.
- ^ Horsley, Scott (June 29, 2016). "Obama To Meet Mexican-Canadian Counterparts In Ottawa". Morning Edition. NPR. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- ^ "North American Leaders' Summit (NALS)". North American Commercial Platform. International Trade Administration, US Department of Commerce. Archived from the original on October 4, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- ^ "President Bush to Attend North American Leaders' Summit in Canada". News Archive. Office of the White House Press Secretary. June 15, 2007. Archived from the original on January 11, 2009. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- ^ Baril, Sophie-Anne; Cicchitelli, Ernesto (July 1, 2016). "Three Amigos Convene Again: The 2016 North American Leaders' Summit". Council on Hemispheric Affairs. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- ^ White House. Office of the President. (10 November 2021). "Press Release: North American Leaders’ Summit (NALS)" White House website Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Ashley Parker, Amanda Coletta and Kevin Sieff. (18 November 2021). "Biden meets with Canadian and Mexican leaders, attempting a reset". Washington Post website Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c "Stephen Harper postpones North American Leaders' Summit to late 2015". CBC News. January 15, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
"There is no fixed time of year for the three leaders to meet. Dates for the summit have been prone to change. The three countries rotated hosting duties between 2005 and 2009, but in 2010, Canada postponed a meeting that had been scheduled to be held in Wakefield, Que., and then did not host it at all... There was no summit in 2013.
- ^ "Joe Biden to host first 'Three Amigos' summit since 2016". BBC News. November 10, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- ^ Fekete, Jason (November 12, 2011). "Tragic deaths force cancellation of Three Amigos summit in Hawaii". Ottawa Citizen. Postmedia News. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- ^ Proudfoot, Shannon (June 28, 2016). "A cheat sheet for the Three Amigos summit". Maclean's. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
Harper cancelled the 2015 summit amid mounting tension with the U.S. over the Keystone XL pipeline, which Obama ultimately rejected
- ^ "Leaders of U.S., Canada and Mexico to hold first Three Amigos summit in five years". Montreal Gazette. Reuters. November 10, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
The leaders started holding what is informally known as the Three Amigos summit in 2005 and met most years until 2016. The practice ended when U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January 2017.
External links[]
- Trilateral relations of Canada, Mexico, and the United States
- Lists relating to the United States presidency
- Diplomatic visits by heads of state
- Diplomatic visits by heads of government
- Recurring events established in 2005
- Diplomatic conferences