Trump and Carney are likely to see each other next week, as both will be attending the ASEAN and APEC summits in Malaysia and South Korea, respectively. Photo by EVAN VUCCI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images/Postmedia files

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his country is prepared to resume trade talks “when the Americans are ready,” hours after United States President Donald Trump abruptly halted negotiations between the two countries.

“We can’t control the trade policy of the United States,” Carney said Friday before boarding a government plane for a nine-day trip to Asia. “We recognize that that policy has fundamentally changed from the policy in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s.”

U.S. and Canadian negotiators were making headway in talks about the steel, aluminum and energy sectors,

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