and the canadian prime minister justin crudo, the white house, top of their agenda. the cupboard 19 pandemic, and the climate crisis. my can are reports now from washington d. c. it was in 2016 when the leaders of us, mexico and canada last met in person the previous trumpet, ministration, apparently disinterested in holding face to face talks with its neighbors. the lead is now able to lay out their priorities. we have to end the pandemic and to take decisive actions to curb the climate crisis. our highest priority is, of course, end in coven, 19, and being focused on economic recovery, strengthen supply chain support. as he owns. it's important to define things together to set aside myths and prejudices, for example, to stop excluding migrants when their manpower is in high demand in canada and in the united states. mister president is the delight to have you here. view as president also held one on one meetings. central to discussions with his mexican counterpart was migration control and reform. an issue that a sharply impacted on the relationship between the 2 c

countries. 4th grade to welcome back to the premise through earlier biden and canadian prime minister justin crudo talked about forging a climate change policy, particularly topical, given the flooding occurring in canada. ah, but one of the biggest developments had nothing to do with north american relations . answering a question the u. s. president confirmed, he's thinking about a diplomatic boycott of the winter olympics in china. something we're consider. still discussions focused heavily on trade between the 3 countries. and you agreement took effect last year, replacing the longstanding north american free trade pack nafta. canada is the largest trading partner of the united states. each day, some $2000000000.00 worth of goods crosses the world long. this national border and canada has been brought into the us mexico discussion concerning supply chain issues which has undermined the economies of all 3 countries. the many issues of contention were not given any public airing. the lead is preferring to project a show of unity and common purpose, reviving the 3 amigos label that was applied wh

in this meeting with justin crudo, president fight. it was off specifically that is he thinking about the boy because of the winter games. now they've been much discussion in recent days and some leaks from administration. officials rare leaks that this was a metaphor consideration. and there, in the course of the meeting, we heard public confirmation from president biden in onset to the specific question . yes, we are considering that the major news line coming up, which as i said, that nothing to do with the general discussions. all right, i'm, i can't lie for stay in washington dc. mike, thank you. let's bring in tony pay on. he's a director of the center for the united states and mexico at rice university, and he joins us live from houston 10. he said, this is the 1st time the 3 countries i've met since 2016 because for my president, trump put an end to the summit. so important is this meeting and how are the 3 leaders trying to re frame this partnership? well, i think the very 1st gains of this meeting is the 3 amigos summit is re