Trump says US-Canada talks won't resume after Ontario ad

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that trade talks with Canada will not resume after a political advertisement produced by Ontario prompted him to suspend negotiations and impose higher tariffs, and he added that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney had apologized to him over the commercial. Carney confirmed the apology on Saturday at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea and said he had advised Ontario’s premier not to run the ad.

Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that when asked whether negotiations would restart his answer was "No," while adding, "I have a very good relationship. I like him a lot." He described the Ontario spot as a "false commercial" and said Carney had apologized. Carney said he told reporters, "I did apologize to the president," and that the ad was "not something I would have done." He said he had viewed the commercial before it aired and had asked Premier Doug Ford not to proceed.

The advertisement, commissioned by Ontario’s provincial government, used excerpts from a 1987 speech by former President Ronald Reagan to criticize tariffs. The ad ran on U.S. television and was aired during the World Series before Ontario...