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Barack Obama crosses the border.

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

On his first trip to another country as president, Mr. Obama is spending a few hours in Canada,

America's biggest trading partner.

Canadians are sorry he's not staying longer because there's a lot to talk about,

starting with that Buy American provision in the stimulus package.

Obama talks about revisiting NAFTA during his campaign,

and Canadians are worried about protectionism.

Obama is focused on the move to pull Canadian troops out of Afghanistan and the environmental effects of extracting oil from Canadian shale.

We'll hear about those issues from the U.S. and Canadian points of view.

On reporter's notebook later on, Universal Health Care, Canadian Style. First,

here's the news. Support for To the Point comes from subscribers of KCRW Santa Monica and from the

Public Radio International Program Fund, whose contributors include the Ford Foundation and the John

D. and Catherine T. McArthur Foundation. Hello again, Warren Only, back with To the Point.

Barack Obama leaves the country for the first time as president.

We'll hear about free trade, troops in Afghanistan, and environmental protection from the U.S. and Canadian points of view.

On reporter's notebook, a debate that's not happening in Washington on single-payer health care.

First, this news update, the biggest state

in the union finally has a budget, or does it? After months of deadlock in a week of all-night

sessions, agreement on $42 billion in spending cuts, tax increases, and borrowing came early this

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