Carney in Asia to promote Canada as reliable trade partner amid tensions with U.S.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney is promoting Canada as a reliable trade partner at the ASEAN summit after U.S. President Donald Trump halted trade talks over an Ontario ad.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is pitching Canada as a stable and reliable partner for Southeast Asian countries as he attends the ASEAN summit in Malaysia, his longest foreign trip since taking office.
Carney arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday after a 24-hour flight on a mission to expand trade and attract investment to Canada just days after U.S. President Donald Trump cut off trade talks with Ottawa.
Trump ended talks Thursday, citing an Ontario government ad that ran on U.S. television networks and featured footage of former president Ronald Reagan opposing tariffs as the reason.
Speaking to reporters, Trump dismissed the ad as “crooked” and “possibly AI,” claiming, “Canada lied. I mean, what they did was terrible. They made up a fake statement by president Reagan. Reagan was a big supporter of tariffs when needed.”
When asked if he would meet Carney during the ASEAN trip, Trump told reporters, “I don’t have any intention of it, no.”
Trade expert William Pellerin said he believes the dispute over the ad may not be the real reason talks broke down.
“I think there is a lot of other things out of the United States administration that maybe this really isn’t about the ad, maybe it’s about the negotiations not going quite the way that the U.S. administration would like,” he said.
Pellerin added that tariffs are taking a toll on Canadian industries.
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