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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday said that he apologised to US President Donald Trump over anti-tariff ad featuring former US leader Ronald Reagan and pointed out that Trump “was offended".

“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".

Trump announced he would be hiking tariffs on Canadian goods by an additional 10 percent and terminated all trade talks following what he called the “fake" anti-tariff ad campaign .

The ad that sparked the row was posted on X by Ontario Premier Doug Ford. It opened with a vintage clip of former US President Ronald Reagan warning against tariffs, saying they might look patriotic a

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