Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday confirmed his apology to President Trump earlier this week after an ad aired in Ontario that was critical of Trump's tariffs and used comments from former President Reagan to argue against the trade policy.

"I did apologize to the president," Carney, who added that he tried to steer Ontario Premier Doug Ford against airing the ad, told reporters after Asia-Pacific (APEC) summit in South Korea, Reuters reported.

“The president was offended by the act, or by the ad, rather ... It’s not something I would have done — which is to put in place that advertisement — and so I apologized to him," he said later,

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