Garden. Two also spoke about trade relations under the u. S. Mexicocanada agreement, and about the coronavirus pandemic. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united mexican states. The president of the United States, and the president of the united mexican states. [applause] President Trump thank you very much, everyone. It is a nice, hot day to put it , mildly. So we will make this quick, but it is all very positive. And it is my tremendous pleasure to welcome everyone to the white house, with my good friend president Lopez Obrador of mexico. We have an outstanding relationship. Mr. President we are truly moved , that you choose to make your first foreign visit since successfully taking office to be , with us at the white house. The relationship between the United States and mexico has never been closer than it is right now, and as the president said a while ago, the people were betting against that. They were actually betting against that. But it has never been stronger closer. We are doing tremendous job together. We are cherished friends, partners and neighbors. Our cooperation is founded on mutual admiration and respect between us and our two countries. And we honor the great dignity of both great nations. With his visit, the president and i have the opportunity to strengthen the bond we have forged since his impressive election victory more than two years ago a victory the vice , president and ivanka joined at celebrating at the swearingin. That was a very exciting day for them. Each of us was elected on the pledge to fight corruption, return power to the people, and the interest of our countries first. And i do that and you do that, mr. President. The tradition of Great Respect between mexican and american president s goes back to both of our nations and in particular, it includes president abraham becoln and president nito juarez, who each held one another in high esteem. They were great friends and they did great things together and we are grateful that today, president Lopez Obrador laid a wreath at the memorials that stand to each of these leaders right here in our nations capital. It was very beautiful. It was a beautiful ceremony. Our countries are linked by trade and travel, history and culture, faith and family. The United States is home to 36 million incredible mexicanamerican citizens. Mexican americans up left our community and they strengthen our churches and enrich every feature of national life. They are hardworking incredible people and great businessmen and businesswomen and they make up a big percentage of our Small Business owners, and very successful. They are very, very successful. They are like you, they are tough negotiators and Good Business people, mr. President. Working alongside president Lopez Obrador, we are taking this relationship to new heights and building a powerful economic insecurity partnership. Together we have addressed the complex issues facing our two countries that really went unresolved for many years, and frankly, far too long. It should have been resolved long before i got here. But we are achieving Great Strides and remarkable breakthroughs, and strengthening our relationship for decades to come. With everything we have accomplished, the potential for the future of the United States and mexico is unlimited, a far far greater situation for both , countries than anyone thought possible. Today, we celebrate the historic victory we achieved together just days ago when nafta was officially terminated. One of the worst trade deals in history. And replaced with a brandnew beautiful usmca. ,i want to thank canada. I spoke to and will be speaking to the Prime Minister in a little while. Wages anda slashed eliminated jobs, the usmca includes groundbreaking sections for workers in both nations. This landmark agreement will bring countless jobs from back to north america. And our countries will be very big beneficiaries. We are already seeing the fruits, because it has started. It is the largest, fairest, and most advanced trade deal by any country and it will bring , enormous prosperity to american and mexican workers and canada. We want to thank everybody. We will have a separate day with canada. They are coming down at the appropriate time. But we want to congratulate the people of canada and the Prime Minister. But this has been a tremendous achievement. It is actually the largest trade deal ever made, and we made a o, but thish china to is the biggest one ever made. Our two governments are also in cooperation to stop the illicit flow of drugs, guns, cash, and contraband, and very importantly, stopping human trafficking. We are forging critical partnerships across the witness the western hemisphere to combat the cartels and smugglers and to ensure safe, humane, and lawful migration. And we have been helped greatly by mexico on creating record numbers in a positive sense on our southern border. It has been really very, very tight, and have done a great job. And i want to thank the secretary who is here. Chad, you are here someplace. Where is chad . What a good job you are doing. We are proud of you, and you have worked closely with mexico. You were just telling me what a great help they have been. Thank you very much, chad. We have also worked closely in the battle against the coronavirus together, saving countless thousands of lives. It has been my honor to help ventilators, and its going to be higher than that. They needed them badly and we were able to make them. We are making thousands per week and we are helping a lot of countries, but one of the first and maybe the first that i spoke to was mexico. We have a lot of them in mexico saving a lot of lives. ,and mr. President , we are in this fight together and we are doing very well. Just a couple of things on that. Proud to announce the u. S. Is by far number one in testing, number one in the world in testing, and the mortality rate is the lowest are just about the lowest of any nation anywhere in the world. And we are safely reopening our country, and very importantly, we are safely reopening our schools. We want the schools to be reopened and going in the fall. Think, are them, i looking at it that way. It is very important. We are finding out that learning by computer is not as good as learning in the computer or on the campus, and i think you are finding that too. So you want to learn in the classroom, we want our schools open in the fall. Following president Lopez Obradors remarks, we will sign a joint declaration committing ourselves to a shared future of prosperity, security and harmony. This is truly a proud moment in history for both of our nations, mexico and the United States. With this signing we pledge the , close and continued friendship between the United States and mexico and we accelerate our , progress toward a greater tomorrow. And that is what happening, a greater, maybe even a far greater tomorrow. With a prospering region, hemisphere, two sovereign nations thriving, growing, and excelling sidebyside working together that is what we have been doing. Mr. President , we look forward to hosting you for a beautiful dinner later on this evening with some of your friends from mexico and some of our great friends from the u. S. And it is an honor to have you with us, and we would love to have you say a few words. Thank you very much. President obrador [voice of translator] friends, ladies and gentlemen, i truly celebrate this meeting with you, President Trump. My visit to a great extent has to do with the importance right now, in these times of World Economic crisis, the importance of entering into effect the mexicou. S. Canada agreement, or usmca. Having been able to close this deal constitutes a great accomplishment benefiting all three nations and our peoples. As it is well known, north america is one of the most important economic regions of the planet. However, a region is inexplicably a region of trade deficits. We export to the rest of the trillion, but. 6 we import about 4. 2 trillion. That is, we have a deficit of 611 billion, which is translated into capital flight, less opportunities for companies and businesses, and job source losses. This new agreement seeks to reverse this in balance through greater integration of our economies, and improvements in the functioning of productive change to recover the economic presence that north america has lost in the last five decades. Suffice it to say that in 1970, the region constituted 40. 4 of the world gdp. Now, the share in the Global Economy has gone down to 27. 8 . That is why this agreement is a great option to produce, create jobs, and foster trade without having to go so far away from our homes, cities, states and nations. In other words, import volumes of our countries, imports to the may be the world, produced in north america at a lower transportation cost, with reliable suppliers, reliable visavis the companies of course and the utilization of Regional Labor force. Of course, it is not a matter of closing our countries to the world. It is a matter of taking advantage of all of the advantages that we have because we are neighbors, as well as the enforcement of a good policy of cooperation for development. This agreement allows us to attract investments from other places of the hemisphere, bringing those investments to our countries. Provided we comply, we honor the principles of producing merchandise with high regional content, and also trying to have salary and Labor Conditions that are fair conditions for our workers of the exporting or importing countries of consumption goods. It is also important to point out that this agreement signifies the integration of all three countries. Because we are all contributing with productive capacity, markets, technology, experience, expertise, highly Skilled Labor force, and we end up complementing each other. For instance, mexico has something that is extremely valuable to make this economic extremely effective, and to boost this integration economic and commercial , integration in the nation. I am talking about this young, creative, responsible workforce. Let us not forget that the participation of workers in productive processes is just as important as the role of businesses and companies. It really would be not good for us to have capital and technology if we dont have good workers that are outstanding , workers because of their imagination, their talent, and their mystique when they do their work. On the other hand, with this type of agreement and respecting , our sovereign states, instead of distancing ourselves, we are deciding we are opting to Work Together toward the future. We want the privilege of understanding. That is what we are united and we are setting aside differences or we are solving those differences through a dialogue and mutual respect. Certainly, in the history of our relations, we have had perhaps moments in which our minds have not been together, and there have been problems that are not yet forgotten. However, we have been able to establish explicit agreements of cooperation and coexistence. For instance, in the 1940s of the last century during the second world war, mexico helped meet the needs of the United States in terms of the Raw Materials needed by the United States, and it gave its support with the labor of migrant theers that were known as braceros. Since then and until now, we have been consolidating our economic, commercial, trade relationship as well as our very coexistence, cohabitation sometimes as distant neighbors, and other times as very affectionate and close friends. It is also well known history, geopolitics, this neighborhood we have, and economic circumstances of both of our nations have promoted a process of migration of mexican men and women coming here to the United States. And here, we have been able to create a community of about 38 Million People including the , children of mexican parents. It is a community of good, working people, good people working people who have come , here to make a living in a very honest fashion. And they have so much contributed to the development of this great nation. Furthermore, in mexico more than in any other country of the world, we have in our society 1. 5 million u. S. Citizens. They live there and they are part of our society. So we are not just united by geographic proximity, we have economic, commercial, social, friendship, ties of President Trump. As in the best times of our political relationship, during my mandate as president of is that of marin bring that of remembering not to hold. Hings like that against me we have received from you understanding and respect, President Trump. Some people thought that our ideological differences would inevitably lead to confrontations. Fortunately, this has not been the case. And i believe that toward the future, there will be no motive or need to break our very good political relationship or the friendship between our two administrations. The best president mexico has garcia, Benito Juarez as you mentioned, had a good understanding with a great republican president abraham , lincoln. Let us remember that this great historic leader of the United States, who was the promoter of the abolition of slavery, never recognized emperor maximilian, imposed in mexico through the intervention of the powerful french army. It is no coincidence that juarez lamented lincolns murder in the United States, saying i have ,eeply felt this disgrace because lincoln who was , constantly working in such a determined manner for the treatment of the fellow man was worthy of a better fortune or luck. The same happened with the splendid relationship that president Franklin Roosevelt had with our president. The same situation took place. And after the oil appropriation, and a letter, the general recognized the good understanding, the good bilateral understanding, as follows. He said, my administration believes that the attitude of the United States of america in companies the oil appropriation reasserts once , more the sovereignty of peoples of this continent that have beench effort, maintaining the situation down the position of his excellently excellency, mr. President roosevelt. So with all the circumstances with different circumstances, history tells us that it is possible to understand each other without arrogance or extremisms. Now that i have decided to come to this meeting with you, President Trump, we had a good debate in my country on the convenience of this trip. I decided to come because it is very important for us to be launching this new agreement. But i also wanted to be here to thank the people of the United States, its government, and thank you, President Trump, for being increasingly respectful with our mexican fellowmen. And to you, President Trump, i want to thank you for your understanding and the help you have given us in issues related to trade, commerce, oil, as well as your personal support for the acquisition of medical equipment that we needed urgently to treat our patients of covid19. But what i really appreciate is that you have never sought to impose anything on us violating our sovereignty. Instead of the munro doctrine, you have followed the wise advice of the illustrious and prudent george washington, who said, nations should not take advantage of the unfortunate condition of other peoples. You have not tried to treat us as a colony. On the contrary, you have honored our condition as an independent nation. That is why i am here. To express to the people of the United States that their president has behaved with us with kindness and respect. You have treated us just as what we are, a country and a dignified people, a free, democratic, and sovereign people. Long live the friendship of our two nations. Long live the United States of america. Long live canada. Long live our america. Long live mexico. Long live mexico. Viva mexico. [applause] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [no audio] [applause] President Trump thank you very much, everybody. Thank you. [reporters shouting questions] the president , from public affairs, available now in paperback and ebook. Biographies of every president , organized by their ranking by noted historians from best to worst, and features perspectives into the lives of our nations chief executives, and leadership styles. Visit our website to learn more about each president , and order your copy today wherever books and ebooks are sold. 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