"I did apologize to the president," Mark Carney told reporters on Saturday, following an Asia-Pacific summit in South Korea.Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images

Carney says he apologized to Trump over anti-tariff ad – POLITICO

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed on Saturday that he apologized to U.S. President Donald Trump over a controversial anti-tariff ad aired using former U.S. President Ronald Reagan’s speeches to criticize tariffs.

The ad infuriated Trump, derailing trade talks and triggering a new 10 percent increase in tariffs on Canadian exports to the U.S.

"I did apologize to the president," Carney told reporters on Saturday, following an Asia-Pacific summit in South Korea. The Canadian leader said he had privately apologized during a dinner on Wednesday.