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The United States, Mexico and Canada sign a deal finalising their new trade agreement after more than two years of arduous negotiations and paving the way to ratification. IMAGES
The leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada on Friday signed a new trade deal replacing the old NAFTA in a triumph for President Donald Trump who insisted on what he said were better conditions for US workers. IMAGES
GM agreed to keep the Oshawa Ontario plant open and shift some engine production from Mexico to Canada. As Fred Katayama reports, the union conceded on its retirement plan.
"There's still a lot of work to be done. But we continue to believe that an agreement is possible and indeed essential, and we will continue to work relentlessly to achieve it," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tells reporters in Doha after being informed of the reply by Qatar. SOUNDBITE
Migrants wade across the Rio Grande from Mexico and cross through barbed wire to reach Eagle Pass, Texas where they are met with Border Patrol agents. The city has seen an influx of migration. In the last 11 months, at least 1.8 million people have reached the southern US border. IMAGES
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and First Lady Beatriz Gutierrez welcome US President Joe Biden and Jill Biden, and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire in Mexico City. The three leaders are meeting for the 10th North American Leaders' Summit, a three-way talks known as the "Three Amigos" summit. IMAGES