Bush promotes Colombia trade deal, NAFTA at North American Leaders Summit

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana  (CNN) - President Bush used a meeting with the leaders of Mexico and Canada on Monday to hammer Democrats for opposing a free trade deal between the United States and Colombia, saying that blocking the deal is "bad for American workers and bad for our security."

Bush met with Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the fourth North American Leaders Summit, a two-day meeting in New Orleans that started Monday.

Mexico and Canada are not directly affected by the Colombia trade agreement, which Bush sent to Congress this month. But Calderon and Harper expected to argue that free trade throughout the hemisphere is good for all three North American countries.