A February 2 report by '' The Washington Post '' claimed that US President Donald Trump berated the Australian , Prime Minister Turnbull during one of Trump 's first phone calls made to foreign officials . Trump stated that the 2016 asylum deal was an attempt to export the next Boston bombers to the United States . The contentious deal involves a 2016 agreement between the Obama administration and Australia whereby the U.S. would resettle 1,250 refugees held in controversial offshore immigration detention facilities — Manus and Nauru islands . In return , Australia would ' resettle refugees from El Salvador , Guatemala and Honduras . " The full transcript of that phone conversation was leaked in August 2017 , and published by the Washington Post . Later that day , Trump explained that while he respected Australia , they , along with many other countries , were " terribly taking advantage " of the United States . The following day , Australian Ambassador to the United States Joe Hockey was sent to the White House and held meetings with White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon and Chief of Staff Reince Priebus . Spicer described the phone call as " very cordial " . The 25-minute phone call on January 28 , was described as " acrimonious " by Reuters and Trump 's " worst call by far " with a foreign leader by the '' Washington Post . '' During a joint news conference with Prime Minister Turnbull , Vice-President Pence — who was on a " 10-day , four-country trip " in April to the Pacific Rim , announced that even if the United States did not " admire the agreement " , Trump had made it clear that the United States would honour the 2016 agreement to resettle refugees . Turnbull responded , " whatever the reservations of the president are " , the decision " speaks volumes for the commitment , the integrity of President Trump , and your administration , sir , to honour that commitment . " " The US is Australia 's most important security partner , while China is its most important trading partner . " Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Trump in Washington , D.C. in February 2017 . Trudeau said that " The last thing Canadians expect is for me to come down and lecture another country on how they choose to govern " , referring to Trump 's " refugee ban " — Executive Order 13769 . The two leaders emphasized the importance of the two countries ' ongoing relationship , with Trudeau adding that " there are times when we have differed in our approaches . And that 's always been done firmly and respectfully , " . Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said that , " It has been a bad week for U.S.-Canada trade relations " , as he announced stiff tariffs up stiff tariffs of up to 24 % on Canadian lumber on April 24 , as dairy product trade fell through . The Canada – United States softwood lumber dispute has been since ongoing since the 1980s making it one of the longest trade disputes between the two countries , as well as one of the largest . Trump is under pressure to begin renegotiating NAFTA , the trade deal between Canada , Mexico and the US . On April 25 , Canada 's International Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne and soft lumber industry representatives promoted trade with China in Beijing in response to what is perceived as U.S. protectionist policies
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