The meeting takes place less than a week after Trump threatened in social media with 25 percent tariffs on all goods from Canada and Mexico from the day he takes office again at the White House.
When Donald Trump makes such statements, he also intends to implement them. There is no doubt about that, said Trudeau at a press conference in his home country on Friday, before departing for Florida.
It is our responsibility to point out that he would not only harm Canadians who cooperate so well with the USA. He would also raise prices for people in the USA and harm the USA's industries and companies.
Trudeau's staff has, however, not wanted to elaborate on what the two will discuss, including during a dinner at Trump's residence Mar-a-lago. There, Trump and his staff are preparing for the transfer of power that will take place in January.
Trump is threatening with tariffs after claiming that drugs and migrants are pouring in across the border to the USA, and that Canada and Mexico are not doing what they can to stop it.
Mexico and Canada, and China, which Trump has threatened with 10 percent tariffs for similar reasons, are the USA's three most important trading partners.
