But also, in a time of crisis in any one of the three countries, and obviously the biggest crisis now is in California, the others might come in on an emergency basis to help each other out. That s one of the things they will discuss. Obviously there is a sense of urgency because of California and a sense of opportunity because of the construction by Mexico of more new power plants in the Baja area of Mexico. But, there are also a number of legal and political obstacles as well. The White House is making clear that it does not expect any big immediate breakthroughs, perhaps a little more help in the short term, but no big breakthroughs just yet.
Trade is certainly one of the positives they want to discuss.
Both presidents want to talk a lot about that, and economic cooperation is the best way to build better political relations between the two countries. President Bush wants to use Mexico as an example as he tries to win authority to negotiate a free trade agreement throughout the hemisphere. There are some difficult issues and they are familiar. Illegal immigration is one of them. The United States government says there are six million illegal immigrants in the United States and more then half of them come from Mexico.