WASHINGTON — American President Joe Biden will host at the White House on Nov. 18 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador for the first North American Leaders' Summit (NALS) since 2016, the White House announced Wednesday.

The White House said in a statement that that during the Summit, the three countries will reaffirm their “strong ties and integration while also charting a new path for collaboration on ending the COVID-19 pandemic and advancing health security: competitiveness and equitable growth, to include climate change and a regional vision for migration.”

“Strengthening our partnership is essential to our ability to build back better, to revitalize our leadership, and to respond to a widening range of regional and global challenges,” the statement added.

It affirmed, “With respect for each other's sovereignty and in a true spirit of partnership, we affirm our unwavering vision that North America is the most competitive and dynamic region in the world.”

The so-called Three Amigos — Biden, Trudeau and López Obrador will meet in Washington and the three will “reaffirm their strong ties” and collaborate on COVID-19, the White House said on Wednesday.

“I look forward to meeting with my counterparts to discuss a new path for our partnerships,” Canada's Trudeau said in a statement.

Relations between the Three Amigos were generally strained during the previous US administration, under President Donald Trump.

In 2018, Trump angered his neighbors by slapping increased tariffs on Canadian and Mexican steel and aluminum coming into the US. The three eventually signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA — the successor to the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta). — Agencies