Canada's hopes that ongoing talks with the Trump administration to reduce a proposed 25% tariff on them have been dashed so far, despite another prominent meeting between the two countries.

Canada's new finance minister Dominic LeBlanc and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly met aides to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Florida on Friday to discuss the risks of imposing new trade tariffs,

President-elect Donald J. Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on Canadian exports unless the country stops the flow of migrants and fentanyl to the U.S.