Trudeau in Florida to meet Trump as tariff threats loom: media

Agence France-Presse

<p>OTTAWA — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday for what Canadian and American media said was a meeting with US President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago luxury estate.</p><p>Flight trackers first spotted a jet broadcasting the prime minister&#x27;s callsign en route to the southern US state, in a visit that comes days after Trump threatened the United States&#x27; northern neighbor with import tariffs once he takes office.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2024/11/26/trump-vows-big-tariffs-on-mexico-canada-and-china-0938">RELATED: Trump vows big tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China</a></div><p>According to the website Flightradar, the Canadian leader&#x27;s plane landed at Palm Beach International Airport late in the afternoon.</p><p>Canadian public broadcaster CBC said Trudeau would be dining with Trump, and that his public safety minister, Dominic LeBlanc was accompanying him on the trip.</p><p>The prime minister&#x27;s office did not immediately confirm the unannounced trip.</p><p>Trump sent shockwaves across Canada when he announced pending import tariffs against neighbors Canada and Mexico and also rival China in social media posts on Monday.</p><p>More than three-quarters of Canadian exports, or Can$592.7 billion ($423 billion), went to the United States last year, and nearly two million Canadian jobs are dependent on trade.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2024/11/28/trump-tariffs-would-kill-400-000-us-jobs-mexico-warns-0832">RELATED: Trump tariffs would kill 400,000 US jobs, Mexico warns</a></div><p>A government source told AFP that Canada is considering possible retaliatory tariffs against the United States.</p><p>Some have suggested Trump&#x27;s tariff threat may be bluster, or an opening salvo in future trade negotiations. But Trudeau rejected those views when he spoke with reporters earlier in Prince Edward Island province.</p><p>&quot;Donald Trump, when he makes statements like that, he plans on carrying them out,&quot; Trudeau said. &quot;There&#x27;s no question about it.&quot;</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_5AWRPUq8ks?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Trump sent shockwaves across Canada when he announced pending import tariffs against neighbors Canada and Mexico and also rival China in social media posts on Monday.</p>

Trump sent shockwaves across Canada when he announced pending import tariffs against neighbors Canada and Mexico and also rival China in social media posts on Monday.

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Trudeau in Florida to meet Trump as tariff threats loom: media

Trudeau in Florida to meet Trump as tariff threats loom: media

Agence France-Presse

Published Nov 30, 2024 08:58 AM PHT

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