WASHINGTON — Despite sharp differences on immigration, refugees, trade<br />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.<br />President Trump and Justin Trudeau, the prime minister of Canada, spoke about trade and immigration during a news conference on Monday.<br />Mr. Trudeau presented the president with a framed photograph taken in the 1980s, showing Mr. Trump speaking at the head of a table<br />of people including Pierre Elliott Trudeau, a former Liberal prime minister of Canada and the current prime minister’s father.<br />President-elect Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada will need<br />to work together despite vast differences on climate change, trade and migrants.<br />“The combination of Canada being smaller and the United States being bigger<br />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.
