Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on this threat to impose tariffs on Canadian products, he would be raising prices and hurting American businesses.

The sudden visit to Florida by the leader of Canada comes days after Trump threatened to impose a 25 percent tariff on Canadian and Mexican goods.

Canada is seriously considering imposing its own tax on the United States if the incoming Trump administration slaps tariffs on exports from north of the border. The northern neighbor is weighing retaliatory action against the U.