Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed that he apologized to U.S. President Donald Trump over a television ad that opposed tariffs, while saying he stands ready to negotiate a better trade deal with his southern neighbor.

“I did apologize to the president,” Carney told reporters on Saturday in Gyeongju, South Korea, where he was attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

Carney said he viewed the ad before it was aired, and asked Ontario Premier Doug Ford not to go ahead with it. “It’s not something I would have done,” Carney said, referring to the ad.

“I’m the one who is responsible in my role as prime minister for the relationship with the president of the United States,” he added. “So things happen. We take the good with the bad, and I apologized.”

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