U.S. President Joseph Biden, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walk to attend a joint news conference at the conclusion of the North American Leaders' Summit in Mexico City, Mexico, on January 10, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Romero
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North American leaders make little progress on the hard issues

The recent North American summit in Mexico City produced a pledge by US president Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his counterparts in Mexico and Canada to deepen the region’s economic integration. The results were positive but limited, write Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Jeffrey J. Schott. Festering problems over energy policy, auto content rules, and farm trade barriers seem no closer to resolution.

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