Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau flew to Florida to meet with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club after the president threatened to impose steep tariffs on Canadian goods.
According to sources, Prime Minister Trudeau plans to have dinner with President Trump. The official was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Canadian Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc also accompanied Trudeau on his visit. Prime Minister Trudeau will be the first G7 leader to visit President Trump after the US presidential election.
The visit comes days after President Trump threatened to impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, citing their failures to curb the flow of illegal immigration and illegal drugs into the United States. Ta.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's plane was allegedly photographed flying near the Palm Beach Airport in Florida. (FOX News)
Prime Minister Trudeau said early Friday that he would talk to President Trump to resolve the tariff issue.
“We're going to work together to address some of the concerns,” he told reporters in Prince Edward Island, Canada. “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.”
Trudeau said Trump was elected because he promised to lower the cost of groceries, but now he's talking about adding 25 per cent to the price of all kinds of products, including potatoes from Prince Edward Island. It is said that there is.
“It's important to understand that when Donald Trump says something like that, he means to follow through on it. There's no question about that,” Trudeau said.
President Trump announced earlier this week that he would impose tariffs on America's neighbors on his first day in office.
“Currently, the caravan coming from Mexico is made up of several thousand people and it appears that nothing will stop them in their quest to cross the now open border,” he wrote. “On January 20th, in one of my first executive orders, I will sign all documents necessary to indict Mexico and Canada. 25% customs duty About all the products coming into the US and their ridiculous border openings. ”
On Wednesday, President Trump met with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. He said Sheinbaum agreed to “prevent immigration into the United States through Mexico” after a fruitful discussion on the phone.
Mr. Sheinbaum had promised to increase tariffs on American goods if President Trump follows through on his threats.
President Trump has previously urged Canada and Mexico to take further steps to deter illegal immigration into the United States and stop the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl.
Immediately after President Trump's tariff pledge, Canadian officials said the country was making border security its “top priority.”
President Trump (right) shakes hands with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a meeting at Winfield House in London on December 3, 2019. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images)
“Today's relationship is balanced and mutually beneficial, especially for American workers,” Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said in a joint statement. “Canada currently buys more from the United States than China, Japan, France, and the United Kingdom combined. Canada is essential to the United States' domestic energy supply, and last year 60% of U.S. crude oil imports came from Canada. has been done.”
Approximately 60% of US crude oil imports come from Canada, and 85% of US electricity imports come from Canada.
Canada is also the largest foreign supplier of steel, aluminum and uranium to the United States, and possesses 34 critical minerals and metals that the Department of Defense deems critical to national security.
Canada could impose retaliatory tariffs on certain U.S. products if President Trump carries out his tariff threats, a senior Canadian official told The Associated Press this week.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at an event held at Mount Stewart on Prince Edward Island on Friday. (Ron Ward/Canadian Press, via AP)
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When President Trump imposed high tariffs during his first term, other countries responded with their own tariffs. In 2018, Canada announced that it would impose billions of dollars in tariffs on the United States to counter Canadian taxes on steel and aluminum.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
