Canadian PM apologizes to Trump !

Case of Trump imposing an additional 10% duty following an advertisement opposing import tariffs

Seoul (South Korea) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said that he has apologised to US President Donald Trump over an anti-tariff advertisement that quoted Ronald Reagan. Trump suspended trade talks with Canada and said he would impose an additional 10% tariff on Canadian imports in response to the advert last week.

🇨🇦 Canadian PM Mark Carney apologizes to 🇺🇸 Donald Trump over an anti-tariff ad released by Ontario Premier Doug Ford 😬

The controversy arose after Trump imposed an additional 10% import tariff in response to that misleading advertisement! 💥#Geopolitics
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— Sanatan Prabhat (@SanatanPrabhat) November 2, 2025

“I did apologise to the president,” Carney told reporters at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Summit in South Korea on Saturday. The advert used a series of clips from former President Reagan’s 1987 national radio address, in which he argued that tariffs would hurt America’s economy. “Such trade barriers hurt every American worker and consumer,” Reagan said in the speech.

Carney said the advert – which was funded by the province of Ontario – was “not something I would have done” and that Trump was “offended” by it. Trump said on Friday that Carney had apologised to him and added that the two had a “very good” relationship. But, he said, “what he did was wrong”.

The United States had already imposed a 35% tariff on Canada, which—with the new announcement—has now been raised to 45%. This is the highest rate after India and Brazil.