 "Carney says he 'apologised' to Trump over anti-tariff ad as US suspends trade talks with Canada")
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday said that he apologised to US President Donald Trump over an anti-tariff ad featuring former US leader Ronald Reagan, following which the Republican leader cancelled trade talks with Ottawa.
“I did apologise to the President. The President was offended,” Carney told journalists in the South Korean city of Gyeongju, adding trade talks would restart when the US is “ready”.
Apart from cancelling trade talks with Canada, Trump has also slapped an additional 10 per cent tariffs on the country, saying, “Because of their serious misrepresentation of the facts, and hostile act, I am increasing the Tariff on Canada by 10 per cent over and above what they are paying now.”
What did the ad say?
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute posted on X that an ad created by the government of Ontario “misrepresents the ‘Presidential Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade’ dated April 25, 1987.” It added that Ontario did not receive foundation permission “to use and edit the remarks.”
The foundation noted that it is “reviewing legal options in this matter” and invited the public to watch the unedited video of Reagan’s address. Earlier this month, Carney held talks with Trump to ease trade tensions as the three nations prepare for a review of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the Trump-era trade deal that has since soured.
Trump holds ground
Trump on Friday flatly rejected any resumption of trade negotiations with Canada, one week after interrupting talks amid a dispute over an anti-tariff advertisement.
“I really like him a lot,” the president said of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, as he addressed journalists aboard Air Force One. “But what they did was wrong.”
So “no,” discussions will not resume, Trump said in response to a reporter’s question, even though Carney “apologized for what they did with the commercial because it was a false commercial.”
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