The North American Leaders' Summit (NALS), called the Three Amigos Summit in the English language popular press, Cumbre de los tres amigos in Spanish and Sommet des trois amigos in French, is the trilateral summit between the prime minister of Canada, the president of Mexico, and the president of the United States. 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 Andrés Manuel López Obrador on January 10, 2023 in Mexico City.
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 bereavement of the Mexican government after the death of Mexican Interior Minister Francisco Blake Mora, and in 2015, Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper cancelled the Three Amigos summit as a political statement to protest U.S. President Barack Obama'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 United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement during the 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit.
During the second administration of Donald Trump, since 2025, there are no official summits planned to be held. The leaders of the three countries are involved with the 2025–2026 United States trade wars with Canada and Mexico. The three leaders briefly met trilaterally during the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on Friday, December 5, 2025.
No. Year Dates Location Host leader Guest leaders1 2005 March 23 Waco, Texas George W. Bush Vicente Fox Paul Martin2 2006 March 31 Cancún, Quintana Roo Vicente Fox George W. Bush Stephen Harper3 2007 August 20–21 Montebello, Quebec Stephen Harper George W. Bush Felipe Calderón4 2008 April 21–22 New Orleans, Louisiana George W. Bush Felipe Calderón Stephen Harper5 2009 August 8–11 Guadalajara, Jalisco Felipe Calderón Stephen Harper Barack Obama6 2012 April 2 Washington, D.C. Barack Obama Felipe Calderón Stephen Harper7 2014 February 19 Toluca, State of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto Stephen Harper Barack Obama8 2016 June 29 Ottawa, Ontario Justin Trudeau Barack Obama Enrique Peña Nieto9 2021 November 18 Washington, D.C. Joe Biden Justin Trudeau Andrés Manuel López Obrador10 2023 January 10 Mexico City Andrés Manuel López Obrador Justin Trudeau Joe Biden
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See also Bilateral relations Canada–United States relations Mexico–United States relations Canada–Mexico relations
Trilateral relations United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement, and its predecessor the North American Free Trade Agreement North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, predecessor to NALS North American Union, a theoretical economic and political union of the three countries
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External links NALS 2016 website