The US president previously said the gesture was “very nice” but refused to restart trade talks with Ottawa

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has confirmed that he personally apologized to US President Donald Trump for a regional government-commissioned commercial that used footage of Ronald Reagan to criticize trade tariffs.

The ad, commissioned by the government of Ontario, deeply “offended” Trump, Carney told journalists at a press conference in Gyeongju, South Korea on Saturday. He added he would not have approved its release had he been consulted.

The commercial aired earlier this month and spliced clips of Reagan’s 1987 speech on trade…

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