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The North American Leaders' Summit (NALS), called the Three Amigos Summit in the
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, Cumbre de Los Tres Amigos in
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and Sommet des trois amigos in
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, is the trilateral summit between the
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, the
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, and the
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. The summits were initially held as part of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP), a continent-level dialogue between the three countries established in 2005, and continued after SPP became inactive in 2009. The most recent North American Leaders' Summit was hosted by Mexican president
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on January 10, 2023 in
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Meetings

Until 2009, the summits were held as part of the wider Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America. There are no fixed dates for the summits and in some years a summit has not been held for varying reasons. In 2011, the summit was postponed out of respect for the
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of the Mexican government after the death of Mexican Interior Minister
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, and in 2015, Prime Minister of Canada
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cancelled the Three Amigos summit as a political statement to protest U.S. President
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's push against the Keystone XL oil pipeline. During the first administration of Donald Trump from 2017 to 2021, no official summits were held. The leaders of the three countries continued to meet at other events, such as the signing of the
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during the
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. During the second administration of Donald Trump since 2025, there is currently no official summits are held. The leaders of the three countries are the involving with the
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Photo gallery

Fox, Bush, Martin.jpg , I Summit of Leaders of America (2005). Bush Fox Harper.jpg , II Summit of Leaders of America (2006). President George W. Bush, Felipe Calderon, and Stephen Harper.jpg , IV Summit of Leaders of America (2008). President Barack Obama with President Felipe Calderón and Prime Minister Stephen Harper 08-10-09.jpg , V Summit of Leaders of America (2009). Obama, Peña y Harper. IX Cumbre de Líderes de América del Norte.jpg , VII Summit of Leaders of America (2014). The Three Amigos 2016.jpg , VIII Summit of Leaders of America (2016). P20211118AS-2614 (51847147105).jpg , IX Summit of Leaders of America (2021). North American Leaders' Summit 2023 (52644828441).jpg , X Summit of Leaders of America (2023).


See also

;;Bilateral relations *
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*
Mexico–United States relations Mexico and the United States have a complex history, with war in the 1840s and the subsequent American acquisition of more than 50% of former Mexican territory, including Texas, Arizona, California, and New Mexico. Pressure from Washington was on ...
* Canada–Mexico relations ;;Trilateral relations *
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, and its predecessor the
North American Free Trade Agreement The North American Free Trade Agreement (, TLCAN; , ALÉNA), referred to colloquially in the Anglosphere as NAFTA, ( ) was an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States that created a trilateral trade bloc in North America. The ...
*
North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation The North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC) is an environmental agreement between the United States of America, Canada and Mexico and a side-treaty of the North American Free Trade Agreement that came into effect on January ...
* Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, predecessor to NALS *
North American Union The North American Union (NAU) is a theoretical economic and political continental union of Canada, Mexico and the United States, the three largest and most populous countries in North America. The concept is loosely based on the European Union, ...
, a theoretical economic and political union of the three countries


Notes


References


External links


NALS 2016 website
{{Trilateral relations of Canada, Mexico, and United States Trilateral relations of Canada, Mexico, and the United States Diplomatic visits by heads of state Diplomatic visits by heads of government Recurring events established in 2005 Diplomatic conferences