OTTAWA, June 29 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said
on Wednesday that withdrawing from international trade
agreements would not help to reduce economic inequality given
that globalization has progressed so far.
"The integration of national economies ... That's here,
that's done," Obama said at a news conference at a North
American summit in Ottawa.
Withdrawing from trade deals "is the wrong medicine for
dealing with inequality," he said, adding that cutting off trade
would just make everyone poorer.
Flanked by the leaders of Mexico and Canada, Obama said that
whoever succeeded him as U.S. president would "have a deep,
strong interest in having a strong relationship with Mexico."