Obama, Calderón and Harper to Stress North American Cooperation at Summit

Eric Green
America.gov
July 31, 2009

Improving North America’s economic competitiveness in global markets and addressing together the challenges of climate change and clean energy should be key components in the August 9-10 summit of the leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada, a group of policy analysts tells America.gov.

Jim Jones, U.S. ambassador to Mexico from 1993-1997, said agreement on a “grand vision” by President Barack Obama, Mexican President Felipe Calderón and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to promote better economic integration would help the region become a major competitor in the world economy. Such improved integration, Jones said, would not be similar to the European Union economic model because a “very strong sense of sovereignty” exists among the three North American nations...

...Eric Farnsworth, vice president of the Council of the Americas, said North American cooperation is critically important to the well-being of the three countries. Canada and Mexico remain the top trade and energy partners of the United States, and the two neighbors affect all aspects of the U.S. economy, he said.

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