{"id":101384,"date":"2025-11-01T07:39:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T07:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=101384"},"modified":"2025-11-01T07:39:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T07:39:21","slug":"canadas-carney-says-he-apologised-to-trump-over-reagan-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=101384","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s Carney says he apologised to Trump over Reagan ad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Saturday he had apologised to U.S. President Donald Trump over an anti-tariff political advertisement and had told Ontario Premier Doug Ford not to run it.<\/p>\n

Carney, speaking to reporters after attending an Asia-Pacific summit in South Korea, said he had made the apology privately to Trump when they both attended a dinner hosted by South Korea\u2019s president on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did apologise to the president,\u201d Carney said, confirming comments by Trump made on Friday.<\/p>\n

Carney also confirmed that he had reviewed the ad with Ford before it aired, but said he had opposed using it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told Ford I did not want to go forward with the ad,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The ad, commissioned by Ford, an outspoken Conservative politician who is sometimes compared to Trump, uses a snippet of Republican icon and former President Ronald Reagan saying that tariffs cause trade wars and economic disaster.<\/p>\n

In response, Trump announced that he was increasing tariffs on goods from Canada, and Washington has also halted trade talks with Canada.<\/p>\n

When departing South Korea earlier this week, Trump remarked he had a \u201cvery nice\u201d conversation with Carney at that dinner, but did not elaborate. On Friday Trump still said the United States and Canada will not restart trade talks.<\/p>\n

Carney said his talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday were a turning point in relations after years of tensions.<\/p>\n

The last formal meeting between the leaders of Canada and China happened in 2017 when then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had a brief exchange with Xi at a meeting in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

In recent years, Canadian citizens were detained and executed in China, and Canada\u2019s security authorities concluded that China interfered in at least two federal elections.<\/p>\n

Carney said he had discussed foreign interference with Xi, among other issues.<\/p>\n

The trip to Asia had been part of efforts to reduce Canada\u2019s reliance on the United States, Carney said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt can\u2019t happen overnight, but we\u2019re moving very fast,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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