Biden is in Mexico City. His first action? Asking the Mexican president for help with fentanyl – By Rebecca Morin (USA Today) / Jan 9, 2023
MEXICO CITY – In his first trip south of the border as president, Joe Biden will try to accomplish what his predecessors could not: Get Mexico to finally curtail the flow of drugs.
Biden’s first full day in Mexico City will include a welcoming ceremony and a bilateral meeting with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the North American Leaders’ Summit.
An array of issues from migrant challenges to supply chains to climate change are on the agenda for the meeting. The biggest topic: Stopping the flow of fentanyl into the United States.
“Our hope and expectation is that President Biden will be able to emerge from the meetings over the next couple of days and be able to tell you that he does believe he has commitments for stronger cooperation on the fentanyl issue,” White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters Monday.
