'One of the most difficult countries to deal with has been Canada,' Trump said

Donald Trump says he would not meet with Mark Carney “for a while.” Meanwhile, the Canadian prime minister told reporters they were close to reaching a trade deal before the fallout caused by an anti-tariff advertisement .

Both leaders are in Asia this week. On Friday, the U.S. president spoke to reporters before travelling to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit. He was asked if he would see Carney. “I don’t have any intention of it. No,” Trump responded .

On Monday, after the summit, while Trump was en route to Japan, he reasserted that he did not want to meet with Carney “for a while.”

“No, I’m very happy with the deal we have right now with Cana

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