When he landed in South Korea Wednesday, Trump had posted on social media, “For those that are asking, we didn’t come to South Korea to see Canada!” Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press/Postmedia files

United States President Donald Trump said he had a “very nice conversation” Wednesday with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney , despite the latest increase in tensions over trade between the two nations.

Trump made the remarks on Air Force One Thursday after departing South Korea, where he had come for meetings of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group. Carney and Trump sat at the same table for an APEC dinner Wednesday.

“I had a very nice conversation with him last night,” Trump told reporters.

Carney’s office noted the encounter in a statement late Wednesday: “The Pr

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