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O, Canada: Plans for Obama's trip north (CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN, 2/18/09, Politico)

As a presidential candidate stumping across the Rust Belt a year ago, Barack Obama drew cheers when he threatened to quit the North American Free Trade Agreement unless Canada and Mexico agreed to tough new worker-friendly standards.

But when Obama travels to Canada Thursday on his first foreign trip as president, he’ll leave that populist rhetoric at home.

Ahead of his meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Obama said Tuesday the global economy is so fragile that it’s no time to do anything that could weaken trade.