Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Florida at Mar-a-Lago and expected to meet with President-elect Donald Trump Friday night, according to multiple sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The expected meeting came after Trump threatened sweeping 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada until both countries stop what he claims is a flow of drugs and illegal immigrants into the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trudeau told reporters earlier this week after he and Trump spoke on the phone following the tariff threat that they had a \u201cgood call.\u201d He added that he looks forward to \u201clots of great conversations\u201d with Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The prime minister has cited the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or UMSCA, negotiations as a sign he believes he can work with Trump on trade and avoid a trade war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
USMCA went into effect in 2020 after it was signed by Trump and was designed to provide mostly duty-free trade among the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Trump\u2019s tariff threats could put that deal in jeopardy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The terms of USMCA allowed it to be renegotiated after six years, in 2026, but experts have told ABC News<\/a> that the tariff threat may be an effort to move up that negotiation window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, some experts told<\/a> ABC News’ Selina Wang and Karen Travers that the threat is not likely to work in a second Trump term because it is “the same playbook done the second time around. If you’re on the football field and you call the same play twice, it’s not going to be as effective the second time.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The tariffs also could significantly raise prices for goods after Trump\u00a0ran his campaign<\/a>\u00a0on lowering too-high inflation.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Trudeau spoke with Trump on Monday, Nov. 25, after Trump had announced the day-one tariffs on Canada and Mexico, as well as on China, the U.S.\u2019s top three trading partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe talked about some of the challenges that we can work on together,\u201d he told reporters of the call. \u201cThis is a relationship that we know takes a certain amount of working on, and that’s what we’ll do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trudeau’s plane landed at Palm Beach International Airport on Friday ahead of an expected dinner at Mar-a-Lago with the president-elect, according to reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n