By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-11-30 01:43:05 | Updated at 2024-11-30 04:40:29
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Florida on Friday for a dinner with Donald Trump at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago estate, as the incoming US leader promised tariffs on Canadian imports.
A smiling Trudeau was seen exiting a hotel in West Palm Beach before rolling out in a motorcade later seen by media to be entering Mar-a-Lago.
Flight trackers had first spotted a jet broadcasting the prime minister’s call sign en route to the southern US state in an unannounced visit. A Canadian government official later said that the two leaders were dining together.
The trip comes after Trump sent shock waves across Canada when he announced pending import tariffs against neighbours Canada and Mexico, and also rival China, in social media posts on Monday.
More than three-quarters of Canadian exports, or C$592.7 billion (US$423 billion), went to the US last year, and nearly two million Canadian jobs are dependent on trade.
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