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Wes and I are dropping lobster pots in a secret cove in rockport, Massachusetts. The current time is

12.33 pm Eastern time on Thursday, November 18th things may have changed by the time you hear this and hopefully one of those changes is that Wes and I will have trapped some lobster

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Will say I have never had Massachusetts lobsters. I always thought Maine was known for its lobsters. That sounds ambitious

Well, hey there is the NPR politics podcast. I must mochalla. I cover the White House and I'm Frank O'Auredonia's

I also cover the White House and today on the show we've got a special guest all the way from Mexico City and Pierce carry con

Hey there, Carrie. Hi. I do not cover the White House

But you are joining us on the show today because today at the White House the leaders of Canada, Mexico and the United States are all getting together

For the first time in five years. This used to be a regular routine summit

But it went on a bit of a hiatus during the presidency of Donald Trump

So let's start actually just by talking a bit about the history of this summit

You know, Frank O'Auredonia obviously these countries they neighbor the United States

And so maybe because of that proximity that is a reason why they all get together

But beyond that. I mean, what are they usually talk about at these?

Confapse yeah, I mean they talk a lot about security trade and a lot a lot of economic issues

I mean they have so much in common so much of their interests are intertwined

Migration and security issues to be worked out with Mexico. There are deep economic bonds with Canada

You know these meetings started a bit informally back in 2005 with a goal of easing trade and other economic tensions and they've continued

Almost annually since and there's a lot of grow a lot of really good reasons to do that one of course is

You know you have such close neighbors you want everything to be smooth

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