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Justin Trudeau welcomes the American president during President Joe Biden's visit to Canada, March 24, 2023, Ottawa, Canada, and both are smiling | GZERO World with Ian Bremmer - the podcast

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Podcast: How healthy is the US-Canada relationship?

Listen: On the GZERO World podcast, Ian Bremmer delves into the current status of the US-Canada relationship. Ian interviews David Cohen (US Ambassador to Canada) and Kirsten Hillman (Canadian Ambassador to the US), about what brings the two countries together and the challenges that trigger political division. He also chats with Anita Anand, Canada's defense minister, about a variety of national security challenges, from Chinese spy balloons to ... TikTok.

U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau during a bilateral meeting at the North American Leaders' Summit in Mexico City, Mexico, January 10, 2023.

Biden-Trudeau talks focus on immigration and defense

Amid the pomp and pageantry accompanying President Joe Biden’s first official visit to Canada, he and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau are looking to make some deals.

China's spy balloon chills relations with US

China's spy balloon chills relations with US

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: Of course, what we're talking about right now is the balloon, which was made for television. It is inconvenient, the timing for a few different reasons. First of all, because you have the State of the Union coming up tomorrow. And as a consequence, President Biden is going to have to address it in a very public way, and therefore it puts more of a chill in US-China relations. Secondly, it came right before Secretary of State Blinken's planned trip to Beijing.