When NAFTA was being renegotiated in 2017, Canada took a bold step and tried to forge a united front with Mexico against the United States. It failed miserably and Canada was frozen out of trade talks resulting in the U.S. working out a deal with Mexico while Canada sat on the sidelines.

I bring this up in the context of Mark Carney heading to Mexico in what looks like a replay of the 2017-18 plan to try to form a united front against the Trump administration.

Carney was welcomed with pomp and circumstance in Mexico City by President Claudia Sheinbaum. The two were expected to discuss trade, security arrangements, work visas, and combatting organized crime in areas such as drug and gun smuggling.

There was even talk of a strategic partnership agreement being signed.

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