{"id":19874,"date":"2024-11-30T16:22:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T16:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19874"},"modified":"2024-11-30T16:22:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T16:22:35","slug":"trudeau-travelled-to-mar-a-lago-to-meet-trump-after-tariff-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19874","title":{"rendered":"Trudeau travelled to Mar-a-Lago to meet Trump after tariff threat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he had an “excellent conversation” with US President-elect Donald Trump, after the two leaders met at Trump’s Florida estate Mar-a-Lago. <\/p>\n

Trudeau travelled to West Palm Beach as Canada seeks to head off the president-elect’s threat to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian goods, a source has confirmed to the BBC.<\/p>\n

Canadian media reported that Trudeau landed in Palm Beach International Airport on Friday evening to visit Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate. <\/p>\n

The two spoke by phone earlier in the week after Trump announced that, upon taking office in January, he would slap an across-the-board tariff<\/a> on all products entering the US from Mexico and Canada.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Neither the prime minister’s office nor Trump’s team have responded to the BBC’s request for comment on the visit.<\/p>\n

Leaving his hotel in Palm Beach on Saturday morning, Trudeau ignored questions from reporters about whether he and Trump had discussed potential tariffs. <\/p>\n

The trip was not included on Trudeau’s public itinerary for Friday. <\/p>\n

Trump has been at his Mar-a-Lago estate meeting with his transition team. Trudeau is reported to be the first G7 leader to visit the president-elect since the election. <\/p>\n

The two men reportedly had dinner, alongside Trump’s pick for commerce secretary Howard Lutnick and Canada’s public safety minister Dominic LeBlanc. <\/p>\n

Trudeau has often underscored that the two countries were able to successfully renegotiate a major trade pact during Trump’s first term, though the relationship between the two leaders has occasionally been rocky. <\/p>\n

On Friday, speaking at an event in Prince Edward Island, Trudeau said the two countries “rolled up our sleeves and were able to create jobs on both sides of the border”.<\/p>\n

He said looked forward to having many “great” conversations with Trump.<\/p>\n

The Florida visit is the latest move by Canada as it seeks to avoid the hefty tariffs, which could have wide-reaching economic impacts. <\/p>\n

It remains unclear whether the incoming Trump administration will actually move ahead with the threatened tariffs, as analysts note that the president-elect has been known to use such threats in the past as a negotiating tactic to achieve his goals.<\/p>\n

Trump – who has also threatened the same levy against Mexico – has signalled that they would remain in place until both countries work to secure their shared borders with the US.<\/p>\n

Trudeau said on Friday that “when Trump makes statements like that, he plans on carrying them out”. <\/p>\n

He said his goal was to point out the tariff would not just harm Canadians but also raise prices for Americans and hurt that country’s economy. <\/p>\n

Trudeau was accompanied on the trip by Dominic LeBlanc, the minister in charge of border security. <\/p>\n

US media reported that Trudeau and Trump were joined at dinner by Howard Lutnick, Trump’s nominee for commerce secretary; Doug Burgum, tapped to lead the Department of the Interior; and Mike Waltz, who has been selected as the next national security adviser.<\/p>\n

Canada is one of America’s largest trading partners and it sends about 75% of its total exports to the US. The two countries also share deeply integrated supply chains. <\/p>\n

After the phone call with Trump, Trudeau held an emergency meeting on Wednesday with the leaders of Canada’s provinces and territories over how to manage the US-Canada relationship. <\/p>\n

Trudeau is promising to present a united “Team Canada” approach to working with the US to make the case against the levy. <\/p>\n

Several leaders of Canadian provinces have criticised Trump’s plan<\/a>, saying it would be devastating to the country’s economy, including the oil and gas and automotive industries. <\/p>\n

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum also had a phone call with Trump this week. <\/p>\n

The number of crossings at the US-Canada border is significantly lower than that at the southern border, according to US Border Patrol data on migrant encounters.<\/p>\n

During the 2024 fiscal year, there were around 23,700 apprehensions at the northern land border, while the southern border saw more than 1.53 million apprehensions.<\/p>\n

But Canadian officials have said in recent days there is still joint work to be done to improve border security. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/em> www.bbc.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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