The meeting comes after Trump threatened to impose tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico.
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shakes hands with Donald Trump during a meeting at Winfield House, London on Dec. 3, 2019.
Although Trump once called Trudeau “weak” and “dishonest” during his first term, ties between the two countries have remained among the closest in the world. Trudeau is the first leader from the G7 countries to visit Trump since the Nov. 5 election. Trump’s transition did not respond to questions about what they had discussed or whether the conversation alleviated Trump’s concerns about the border.Trudeau said earlier Friday that he would resolve the tariffs issue by talking to Trump. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday after speaking with Trump that she is confident a tariff war with the United States will be averted.
“Our responsibility is to point out that he would not just be harming Canadians, who work so well with the United States, but he would actually be raising prices for Americans citizens as well and hurting American industry and business,” he added. Canadian officials say lumping Canada in with Mexico is unfair but say they are ready to make new investments in border security.When Trump imposed higher tariffs during his first term in office, other countries responded with retaliatory tariffs of their own. Canada, for instance, announced billions of new duties in 2018 against the U.S. in a tit-for-tat response to new taxes on Canadian steel and aluminum.
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