Canada’s Trudeau meets with Trump at Mar-a-Lago after tariff threat

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is having dinner Friday evening with Donald Trump at the president elect s Mar a Lago Club in Palm Beach, Flori...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is having dinner Friday evening with Donald Trump at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, according to a person familiar with the visit.

The person spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the unannounced trip. The sudden visit to Florida comes days after Trump threatened to impose a 25 percent tariff on Canadian and Mexican goods, along with an additional 10 percent on Chinese merchandise. The president-elect has said the tariffs would be aimed at halting an "invasion” of drugs and migrants into the United States.

Trump’s transition team did not reply to a request for comment.

The threatened tariffs would affect large swaths of US trade and are expected to raise prices on a host of goods for consumers. Some of the largest US imports of Canadian goods include oil and gas, machinery and parts. Canada had been anticipating trade policies that would damage the country’s interests, sending top government officials to meetings across the United States ahead of the November election meant to stave off a turn to protectionism.

Earlier on Friday, Trudeau told reporters that the tariffs would hurt consumers.