Canadian Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau's arrival comes amid threats by Trump to impose steep tariffs on Canada
and MexicoCanadian
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has flown to Florida to meet with President-elect
Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club after Trump threatened to impose sweeping
tariffs on Canadian products.
A
person familiar with the matter, according to the AP, said Trudeau will have
dinner with Trump. The official was not authorized to speak publicly about the
matter and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Canadian
Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc accompanied Trudeau on the trip. Trudeau
is the first G-7 leader to visit Trump since the U.S. election.
The visit comes
days after Trump threatened to impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico over
failures by both nations to curb the flow of illegal immigrants and illicit
drugs from those countries into the U.S.