North American Leaders To Meet On Wednesday To Discuss Climate Change And Brexit

US President Barack Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto will meet in Ottawa for a North American leaders' Summit. NDTV

Bloomberg: North American Leaders Meet, With Brexit and Trump Clouding Ties

* Obama, Trudeau and Pena Nieto hold summit Wednesday in Ottawa
* U.K. vote, U.S. presidential race weigh on pro-trade agenda

The shadow of Brexit and rising protectionist sentiment loom large as U.S. President Barack Obama meets his North American counterparts to bolster the world’s largest trading bloc.

Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto hold the so-called Three Amigos summit Wednesday in Ottawa, with fallout from the U.K.’s vote last week to leave the European Union raising pressure to show confidence in their own alliance. The countries will vow to produce more clean power and cut methane emissions while strengthening economic ties.

Risks to North America are palpable, as Brexit roils global financial markets and anti-trade rhetoric ramps up in the U.S. presidential campaign. The meeting -- Obama’s last, and Trudeau’s first -- comes amid opposition to the Trans Pacific Partnership and disputes over visas, lumber, and beef. Yet all three countries see the summit as an opportunity to double down on easing trade barriers.

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Update #1: Three amigos meet: What you’ve missed and what to watch for this week (Globe and Mail)
Update #2: Three Amigos, five important results for Trudeau, Obama and Peña Nieto (Globe and Mail)
Update #3: Climate Change High on Agenda as Obama and Trudeau Meet for Summit (NYT)

WNU Editor: Two of the three leaders are lame ducks .... do not expect much from this get-together.

North American Summit -- A News Roundup

President Obama with President Felipe Calderón of Mexico, center, and Stephen Harper, Canada's prime minister, at their summit meeting in Guadalajara on Monday. Jewel Samad/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Leaders of U.S., Mexico and Canada Vow Cooperation -- Wall Street Journal

GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- President Barack Obama concluded a summit with his Mexican and Canadian counterparts by pledging greater cooperation on uncontroversial issues like flu prevention, but he papered over trade disputes between the U.S. and its close trading partners, dashing hopes for progress on those issues.

The North American Leaders Summit, an annual meeting of the three countries' leaders, isn't seen as a catalyst for breakthrough agreements. But Mexican and Canadian officials had said before the two-day meeting that Mr. Obama's response to several trade disputes could serve as a bellwether of his broader attitude on trade with Canada and Mexico, the U.S.'s largest and third-largest trading partners, respectively.

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More News On The North American Summit

Obama's Mexican Press Conference -- Time Magazine
Obama strikes note of unity at Mexico summit -- Christian Science Monitor
Obama, Harper And Calderon: The Three Amigos (Or Musketeers) -- NPR
"Three amigos" talk trade, H1N1, drugs in Mexico -- Reuters
Canada, U.S. back Mexico's fight against drug traffickers -- China View
North American Leaders Pledge Action on Swine Flu, Economy, Security -- Voice of America
At Mexico summit, Obama says immigration reform will have to wait -- L.A. Times
Obama Vows to Focus on Borders -- Washington Post
Obama Sets Immigration Changes for 2010 -- New York Times
Obama defends Mexico’s human rights and promises help on gun crime -- Times Online