President-elect Donald Trump said he had a “very productive” meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Florida on Friday, emphasizing a need for the United States and Canada to work together to address concerns such as border security, the drug crisis, and trade imbalances. Trudeau described the discussions as “excellent” and earlier stressed the need for dialogue to resolve issues of concern to the incoming administration.
The Nov. 29 meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate marked an early test of the relationship between the president-elect and one of America’s closest allies as tensions rose over Trump’s threat to impose a 25 percent tariff on all imports from Canada unless the country does more to stop the flow of drugs and illegal immigrants across the border into the United States....
