Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, harvests broccoli at an Ottawa food bank farm last week. Photograph: Blair Gable/Reuters)
- Mexico’s president to meet Trump on Wednesday
- Canada PM had spoken of concern about US tariffs on metals
July 6, 2020
The Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has declined an invitation to visit the White House this week to celebrate a new North American free trade deal, amid worsening coronavirus figures in the US and lingering tensions with Donald Trump.
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is due to meet Trump in Washington on Wednesday, and had urged Trudeau to attend the meeting.
But in a statement on Monday, Trudeau’s office said: “We wish the United States and Mexico well at Wednesday’s meeting. While there were recent discussions about the possible participation of Canada, the prime minister will be in Ottawa this week for scheduled cabinet meetings and the long-planned sitting of parliament.”
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