Canadian Ministers Take Border Pitch to Lutnick at Mar-a-Lago
Trump has pledged to impose 25% tariffs on all Canadian imports if more isn’t done to secure the border.
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Two senior Canadian cabinet ministers flew to Florida to make the case to US President-elect Donald Trump’s team that the northern border is secure and tariffs won’t be necessary.
Canada’s Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly met with Howard Lutnick, Trump’s pick for commerce secretary, and Doug Burgum, his proposed interior secretary.