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News Tip: Trade Talks with Mexico and Canada May Bypass Congressional Gridlock

President Obama is in Mexico Wednesday to discuss trade issues, among other topics, with the leaders of Canada and Mexico. Stephen Kelly is available to talk with reporters after 2:30 p.m. today.Stephen Kelly, visiting professor of the practice of public policy and Canadian Studies, Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy  srk14@duke.eduhttp://fds.duke.edu/db/Sanford/faculty/srk14 (personal website)Stephen R. Kelly had a 28-year career in foreign service at the U.S. State Department, including serving as deputy chief of mission to Mexico and Canada. His areas of specialty are energy, security, and North American issues such as trade, immigration and border management.Quote:"President Obama's meeting today with his two continental counterparts, Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada and President Enrique Pena Nieto of Mexico, is an opportunity to get around growing Congressional opposition to a new Pacific trade pact by focusing on the one that's already working -- the North American Free Trade Agreement."                           _        _        _        _Duke experts on a variety of other topics can be found at http://newsoffice.duke.edu/resources-media/faculty-experts.