Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with President-elect Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Friday night, following the former president's recent threat to impose steep tariffs on products from Canada, Mexico and China. It is reported that.
CNN Reporter Alaina Trine Posted Social platform X reported that President Trump and Prime Minister Trudeau had dinner together at Trump's Florida resort on Friday night. Associated Press reported Prime Minister Trudeau was scheduled to fly to Florida and have dinner with the president-elect.
President Trump on Monday imposed a 25% tariff on all goods from Canada and Mexico and threatened to impose even higher tariffs on China.
President Trump has long touted tariffs as the preferred way to grow U.S. manufacturing and push other countries into more favorable trade terms. He said recent threats are aimed at forcing both Mexico and Canada to crack down on immigration and drug flows into the United States.
According to the Associated Press, Canadian Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc also accompanied Trudeau on his trip to Florida.
President Trump's threats have drawn increased scrutiny and warnings of retaliatory tariffs from both Mexico and Canada.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said earlier Friday that he would consult with President Trump to ensure Canada is on the “right track.”
“We're going to work together to address some of the concerns,” Trudeau told reporters on Prince Edward Island in Atlantic Canada, according to the Associated Press. “But ultimately, through the many truly constructive conversations I will have with President Trump, we will continue to move forward on the path that is right for all Canadians.”
Earlier this week, Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Canadian Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc responded to President Trump's threat with a statement pointing out the U.S.'s dependence on Canada for oil, saying Canada has “China, Japan, France, “And we import more goods from the United States than from Canada.” Britain joined. ”
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has warned that if talks between the United States and Mexico fail, her country will respond with its own tariffs.
President Trump said Wednesday after a phone call with Sheinbaum that the Mexican leader “agreed to stop immigration from coming through Mexico.”
sheinbaum told reporters On Thursday, she did not specifically mention tariffs in her phone call with President Trump, the BBC reported. He said Trump had reassured him that the migrant caravan he had expressed concerns about would not reach the U.S. border, but added that “there was never a plan to close the border with the United States.”
