WASHINGTON — Despite sharp differences on immigration, refugees, trade
and climate change, President Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada struck a cordial tone on Monday in their first meeting, alternating between attempting to bridge those gaps and steering clear of them.
President Trump and Justin Trudeau, the prime minister of Canada, spoke about trade and immigration during a news conference on Monday.
Mr. Trudeau presented the president with a framed photograph taken in the 1980s, showing Mr. Trump speaking at the head of a table
of people including Pierre Elliott Trudeau, a former Liberal prime minister of Canada and the current prime minister’s father.
President-elect Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada will need
to work together despite vast differences on climate change, trade and migrants.
“The combination of Canada being smaller and the United States being bigger
and the relationship largely being trouble-free means a lot of Americans don’t spend a lot of time thinking about Canada,” Ms. Freeland said in a recent interview.
