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24 Feb, 6 tweets, 4 min read
#Breaking: Biden, Trudeau discussed incarceration of Michael Korvig and Michael Spavor in China during virtual meeting torstar.co/Dg4U50DIcO0
FULL STORY from @thekeenanwire: What Joe Biden’s first meeting with Justin Trudeau lacked in specifics, it made up for with good vibes /2 thestar.com/news/world/202…
Good vibes: “The United States has no closer and no more important friend than Canada,” U.S. President @JoeBiden said to Trudeau. He also emphasized his commitment to global engagement. /3 thestar.com/news/world/202…
But there are bad vibes: the Keystone pipeline cancelled, Buy America protectionism, vaccine protectionism, and relative inaction on the two Canadians imprisoned in China. #USpoli #cdnpoli /4 thestar.com/news/world/202…
Canada got Biden saying, “Canada and the U.S. are going to work in lock-step” as @JustinTrudeau watched along on the livestream, smiling and nodding. Together their conversation shaped the “U.S.-Canada partnership road map.” /5 thestar.com/news/world/202…
The elephant in the room for the first Biden-Trudeau summit was Donald Trump and the memories of his rampage through the Canada-U.S. relationship, columnist @SusanDelacourt writes. /6 thestar.com/politics/polit…

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