Leaders of the United States, Canada and Mexico are set to agree to new methane curbs and COVID-19 vaccine donations when they meet for the first time in five years on Thursday, according to senior Biden administration officials.
The U.S. officials expect the three North American countries to agree to cut methane emissions in their oil-and-gas sectors by 60% to 75% by 2030, as the countries work toCanada and Mexico will also announce they are donating millions of doses of the vaccines - initially loaned to them by the United States - to other countries, one of the officials who declined to be named said.
"The most important thing about this summit is that we update a vision of North America's future," said Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard. The leaders are set to commit to prohibiting the import of goods made with forced labor, a policy the administration has been. Activists and Western politicians accuse China of using forced labor in its northwestern Xinjiang province, an allegation Beijing denies.
As part of the meetings with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the U.S. president is expected to launch a North American supply chain working group to address concerns including where to obtain the critical minerals needed to make America a powerhouse in developing electic vehicles .
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