He prime minister of canada, Mark Carneystated that he apologized to the American president, Donald Trumpfor one anti-tariff advertising which angered his neighbor.
Trump accused last week of “foul play” to Canadaafter the province of Ontario issued a Controversial ad with statements by former President Ronald Reagan about levieswhich, according to the magnate, were distorted.
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In response, Trump announced a 10% increase in his customs tariffs and put an end to all trade negotiations with the Canadian country.
“Yes, I apologized to the president. The president was offended,” he declared. Carney to the press this Saturday, at the APEC summit, held in the South Korean city of Gyeongju.
He added that talks will resume when the United States is “ready.”
Trump refuses to resume trade talks with Canada
For its part, Trump refused to resume trade talks with Canadaalthough he said that He had “a good relationship” with Mark Carney and that they had a positive conversation on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum meeting.
“I like (Prime Minister Carney) a lot,” he told reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday, “But what they did was wrong.”.
Trump announced at that time that Carney had apologized to him.
The breakup of the trade negotiations It constitutes a sudden turn in a relationship between two historical allies, shaken by the return to the White House of the Republican magnate in January.
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Canada is the second largest trading partner of the United States. and a major supplier of steel and aluminum for American companies.
Most of the Cross-border exchanges remain tariff-freethanks to the free trade agreement T-MEC that they share with Mexico. But the global sectoral surcharges imposed by the Republican have hit Canada hard.
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