Trade Issues Likely Topic During North American Leaders Summit

Leaders of U.S., Mexico, Canada likely to avoid public discussion of NAFTA, but trade will be an issue at summit today.

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President Obama travels to Ottawa today for a meeting with the leaders of Canada and Mexico.

The discussions are likely to include trade issues, which have been a contentious topic in the U.S. presidential campaign, especially the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA.)

But the director of the Canada Institute at the non-partisan Woodrow Wilson Center, Laura Dawson, tells WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter NAFTA may not even be addressed publicly during the summit.

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  • Quinn Klinefelter is a Senior News Editor at 101.9 WDET. In 1996, he was literally on top of the news when he interviewed then-Senator Bob Dole about his presidential campaign and stepped on his feet.