US President Donald Trump said Thursday he had a "nice" talk with Canadian prime minister Mark Carney. This talk comes after the US president “terminated” all trade talks with Ottawa due to an anti-tariff advertisement with used a speech by former president Ronald Reagan.
US President Donald Trump said Thursday he had a "nice" talk with Canadian prime minister Mark Carney amid the trade fallout between the two neighbours (AFP)
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"We had a very nice conversation with him," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, as he marks the end of his Asia tour.
Ahead of his South Korea visit, the US president had stated that he is "not here to talk to Canada."
However, as the president departed for the US, he told reporters on board Air Force One, that he had held a talk with Carney on the sidelines of the APEC CEO Summit in South Korea.
Reagan ad escalates trade row between US-Canada
Following the Ontario government's ad, Trump has announced he would be hiking tariffs on Canadian goods by an additional 10 percent and terminated all trade talks.
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Calling the ad campaign "fake" anti-tariff ad, Trump stated he was “furious” at Canada for allegedly misquoting the former US president.
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Calling the ad campaign "fake" anti-tariff ad, Trump stated he was “furious” at Canada for allegedly misquoting the former US president.
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“They only did this to interfere with the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, and other courts. TARIFFS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY, AND ECONOMY, OF THE U.S.A. Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED." Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
The one-minute Canadian ad excerpts a 1987 radio address by Reagan to justify imposing 100 percent tariffs on Japanese electronics over a trade dispute over semiconductors. However, in the advertisement, the former president also warned on the long term perils of tariffs on foreign imports to the US.
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