WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney said he had a "productive and wide-ranging" phone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday morning.

"We focused on trade challenges, opportunities, building a new economic and security relationship between Canada and the U.S., and supporting long-term peace and security for Ukraine and Europe," Carney said in a post on social media.

A statement from the Prime Minister's Office said Trump and Carney "agreed to reconvene shortly."

A Trump administration official confirmed the call and said Trump and Carney had discussions about trade. The president has not commented on the conversation.

It marks the first phone call between the two leaders since Trump's trade deal deadline passed earlier this month and the president pushed up tarif

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