OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday that he had a lengthy and productive conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, covering trade issues and other topics.

His comments are another recent indication that bilateral tensions might be lessening.

The two sides have been locked in a trade war since early this year, when Trump imposed tariffs on some imports from Canada and Ottawa responded with its own countermeasures.

“I last spoke to the president on Monday evening. We spoke at length on a wide range of issues, including on trade, but geopolitical, other issues. … It was a good conversation,” Carney told reporters in Toronto ahead of a cabinet meeting.

Canada said last month that it would remove many retaliatory import tariffs on U.S. good

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