OTTAWA: US President-elect Donald Trump stated on Saturday (Nov 30) he had a “very productive” assembly with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during which they mentioned border-related points and different subjects together with commerce, vitality, and the Arctic.
Trudeau flew to Florida on Friday night and had dinner with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence, days after Republican Trump had pledged to impose tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports after he’s sworn in as president in January.
That pledge has raised fears of a commerce battle between the US and two of its greatest buying and selling companions.
Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum warned this week Trump’s tariff plan would have dire penalties for each international locations and steered doable retaliation following his menace of across-the-board 25 % tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports.
Trump desires to make use of tariffs as a device to get Mexico and Canada to assist stem the stream of unlawful medication into the US, notably the lethal opioid fentanyl, and likewise migrants crossing illegally into the US.
“We mentioned many vital subjects that can require each International locations to work collectively to deal with, just like the Fentanyl and Drug Disaster that has decimated so many lives on account of Unlawful Immigration, Honest Commerce Offers that don’t jeopardize American Staff, and the huge Commerce Deficit the US has with Canada,” Trump stated in a submit on Reality Social.
“Trudeau has made a dedication to work with us to finish this horrible devastation of US Households,” he added.
Trudeau’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark about his assembly with Trump.
