Gyeongju (South Korea), Nov 1: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has apologised to US President Donald Trump for an anti-tariff advertisement that angered Washington and led to a freeze in trade talks. “I did apologise to the president. The president was offended,” Carney told reporters on Saturday in the South Korean city of Gyeongju, as reported by AFP. He added that trade discussions between the two nations would resume when the US is ready. Carney said, “I’m the one responsible, in my role as prime minister, for the relationship with the president of the United States. Things happen — we take the good with the bad, and I apologised.” The controversy erupted after Trump imposed a 10 percent tariff increase on Canadian goods and suspended all trade talks, following an anti-tariff advertisement in Ontario that used a clip of former US President Ronald Reagan criticising protectionism. Trump called the campaign “fake,” claiming it misrepresented Reagan’s stance. “It was a false commercial. It was the exact opposite — Ronald Reagan loved tariffs,” Trump said, according to CBC. Despite the row, Trump acknowledged Carney’s apology, saying, “I have a very good relationship with him. I like him a lot, but what they did was wrong. He was very nice — he apologised.” Meanwhile, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute also criticised the Ontario government for the misleading ad shortly after it aired. The incident has temporarily strained US-Canada trade relations, though both sides have indicated willingness to move forward diplomatically.