SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, two strong allies who don't always get along personally, will talk migration, fentanyl trafficking and Cuba relations on Friday.
He skipped a Los Angeles summit last year where leaders tackled the issue of migration because the U.S. didn't invite Cuba, Nicaragua or Venezuela.
Biden, meanwhile, was expected to bring up migration as the U.S. continues to manage a growing number of southern border crossings.
The leaders also are expected to discuss deadly fentanyl trafficking, particularly after Biden secured an agreement with Xi to curb the illicit opioid.
More than 100,000 deaths a year have been linked to drug overdoses since 2020 and about two-thirds of those are related to fentanyl.
Persons:
Joe Biden, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Biden, Xi Jinping, López Obrador, Xi, Christopher Sherman
Organizations:
FRANCISCO, Economic Cooperation, APEC, U.S, Democratic, Press
Locations:
Cuba, San Francisco, Asia, Japan, South Korea, China, Mexico, Angeles, Nicaragua, Venezuela, U.S, Ukraine, Israel, Haiti, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia, Mexico City