Thanks for dinner: Trudeau’s all-smiles pic with Trump amid tariff hike menace
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday (native time) was all smiles as he loved dinner with US President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida following talks amid the Republican chief’s warning to impose 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports after he takes workplace in January.
Trudeau made an unannounced go to to Florida on Friday night and have become the primary G7 chief to satisfy with Trump earlier than he begins his second time period on January 20 amid fears of the US President-elect threatening tariffs on Canada and Mexico if they didn’t curb the stream of medicine and unlawful immigration throughout the US’s borders.
“Thanks for dinner final evening, President Trump. I look ahead to the work we will do collectively, once more,” Trudeau posted on X, with an image of him and Trump beaming at dinner on the Mar-a-Lago residence.
Trump described his assembly with Trudeau as “very productive” and stated each of them mentioned a variety of subjects, together with drug smuggling and the “large commerce deficit the US has with Canada”.
In a submit on Reality Social, Trump stated he made it very clear that the US would now not sit idly by as its folks grew to become victims to what he referred to as the “scourge of the drug epidemic”.
“I simply had a really productive assembly with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, the place we mentioned many necessary subjects that may require each nations to work collectively to handle, just like the fentanyl and drug disaster that has decimated so many lives because of unlawful immigration, honest commerce offers that don’t jeopardise American Staff, and the huge commerce deficit the US has with Canada,” he stated.
“I made it very clear that the US will now not sit idly by as our residents turn out to be victims to the scourge of this drug epidemic, triggered primarily by the drug cartels, and fentanyl pouring in from China. An excessive amount of loss of life and hardship! Prime Minister Trudeau has made a dedication to work with us to finish this horrible devastation to US households. We additionally spoke about many different necessary subjects, like power, commerce, and the Arctic. All are very important points that I will probably be addressing on my first days again in workplace, and earlier than,” he stated.
On Friday, Trudeau stated in a press convention in Canada that he was taking Trump’s tariff menace critically. “Donald Trump, when he makes statements like that, he plans on carrying them out,” he stated.
Trump’s pledge has raised fears of a commerce battle with Canada and Mexico. The Republican chief is eager on utilizing tariffs as a software to pressurise each nations to stem the stream of unlawful medicine into the US, notably, lethal opioid fentanyl, and in addition migrants crossing illegally into the US.
Whereas Trump has argued that tariffs on imports would assist to guard US producers and increase home job progress, a number of economists have warned that the transfer would improve prices for US customers.
Outgoing President Joe Biden slammed Trump’s tariff proposal, saying it was “counterproductive” and it might threaten to “screw up” the US’s relations with Canada and Mexico.
Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum warned this week that Trump’s tariff plan would have dire penalties for each nations and prompt potential retaliation.
(with inputs from Reuters)
