Canada, Mexico need stronger bond to advance ‘North American Idea’: experts – National | 24CA News

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Published 20.01.2023
Canada, Mexico need stronger bond to advance ‘North American Idea’: experts – National | 24CA News

Experts say a stronger bond between Canada and Mexico will probably be central to advancing North American competitiveness on the worldwide stage.

Sen. Peter Boehm, a former Liberal deputy cupboard minister, likens the continent’s trilateral ties to an isosceles triangle, with the Canada-Mexico relationship because the shortest facet.

Boehm says the 2 might work extra carefully on quite a lot of points, notably the menace posed to democracy by Latin American nations like Venezuela.

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He spoke throughout a Council of the Americas panel dialogue evaluating final week’s North American Leaders’ Summit in Mexico City.

Boehm and others, together with former Canadian diplomat Louise Blais, say nearer hyperlinks between Canada and Mexico will probably be key to defending North America from mounting worldwide pressures.

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The panellists additionally say a lot within the trilateral relationship will rely on how the U.S. responds to a bruising new commerce panel ruling on auto components that sided with Canada and Mexico.

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