Canadian government ministers met in Florida on Friday with members of US President-elect Donald Trump’s team as Ottawa scrambles to avoid a potential trade war with Washington. New finance minister Dominique LeBlanc and foreign minister Melanie Jolie met yesterday with Howard Latnick and Doug Bergum, who will take up positions in the next government. Howard Latnick will be in charge of trade and customs affairs after Mr. Trump on January 20th. Doug Bergum, a man close to the oil industry, will be in charge of the federal lands and national energy advisory body. The meeting, held at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s Florida home, was “positive and productive,” according to Jean-Sebastien Comeau, a spokesman for Mr. Leblanc. Before even taking office on January 20, 2025, the 45th and soon-to-be 47th president of the United States, Trump, threatened to impose 25% tariffs on goods […]
Source: News Beast
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