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For some, that embodies Obama's attitude toward North American leaders' summits in general and why the socalled Three Amigos club has been in such decline: Obama is just not into it. " His cameo appearance at this summit sends a clear message that when it comes to North America, Canada and Mexico are dancers without a dance partner," said Fen Hampson, director of Global Security for the Waterloo, Ont., Centre for International Governance Innovation. Hampson is one of many who have expressed skepticism over various attempts to hold meaningful North American summits over the last decade. Carlos Gutierrez, a former George W. Bush commerce secretary and a businessman who has worked in all three countries in the private sector and on Three Amigos government initiatives, was involved in the 2005 summit at Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas. He said there was a lot of optimism there, but it was derailed by politics. " As soon as we got to work, we had the right and the left throw in bombs at us." The goals were modest, but even those modest goals prompted over- thetop warnings of sinister plans for a new EU, a new currency and a loss of sovereignty, he recalled. " They even had a name for it," Gutierrez said of the supposed new currency. " The Amero." With the U. S. mid- term elections coming up, Obama is also boxed in by politics back home. The North American Free Trade Agreement, the 20th anniversary of which was feted in Toluca, won't be a vote- getter, said Hampson. " NAFTA has never been popular with the base of the Democratic party and generally seen as a job- loser, not a gainer," he said. " Many Democrats are in a tough battle in the upcoming congressional elections and Obama has little to gain and more to lose by being seen to be too cosy with the other two amigos." While he heaped praise on his North American neighbours, Obama also told a business forum in Toluca the United States, Canada and Mexico will always have " parochial interests." Harper spent almost three full days in Mexico, including a separate visit with Pe�a Nieto. The Mexican leader is the driving force for a revival of the trilateral relationship, while showcasing his own country and pushing for a co- ordinated, continent- wide strategy to transform North America into the world's energy powerhouse. This was Obama's third trilateral summit, following meetings in 2012 and 2009. Obama has thrown NAFTA under the bus, so it is no wonder he invests so little in the Three Amigos process, said Carlo Dade, director of the Centre for Trade and Investment Policy at the Canada West Foundation. " What we saw during the election was not an electoral ploy; it was his real feelings toward NAFTA," said Dade. Dade said Harper needs to do more to push Obama to " wake up to the importance of North America, because the Mexicans are willing and ready to push forward some serious solutions to advance North America in the face of U. S. opposition or indifference." Harper's office declined an interview request from The Canadian Press while in Mexico. However, a senior government official, who would only speak on condition of anonymity, said Harper's cabinet ministers have pushed their U. S. counterparts to collaborate more " on a North American platform to promote trade." The official said the U. S. reluctance to engage in the post- NAFTA era has forced Canada and Mexico to pursue trade agreements on their own. Canada, the U. S. and Mexico have all signed different free trade deals in Latin America at different times. - The Canadian Press Obama ' cameo' appearance shows apathy, analysts say NAFTA not seen as a winner of an issue EDUARDO VERDUGO / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Mexican President Enrique Pe�a Nieto and U. S. President Barack Obama at the summit in Toluca, Mexico Thursday. '... When it comes to North America, Canada and Mexico are dancers without a dance partner' A_ 15_ Feb- 21- 14_ FP_ 01. indd A11 2/ 20/ 14 7: 58: 33 PM ;