U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that despite the recent escalation of trade tensions between the two countries, he had a "very pleasant conversation" with Canadian Prime Minister Carney on the 29th, Bloomberg said, the statement was published on the aircraft "Air Force One" after he left South Korea.

The conversation between the two took place at a dinner hosted by South Korean President Lee Jae-ming on the 29th. According to reports from the Globe and Mail, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), and Canada's Global News Network on the 30th, this is the first public interaction between the leaders of the two countries since Trump terminated trade negotiations with Canada. The two smiled and gestured "pistol" at each other at the dinner party, but there seemed to be no other communication. Carney mentioned the meeting in a statement later on the 29th, saying that "the Prime Minister had a constructive conversation with all participants on various topics of interest, including the President of the United States." Before the dinner, Trump posted on social platforms saying,"This time I came to South Korea not to meet Canada."

According to the report, Trump announced the termination of trade negotiations with Canada last week, and threatened to impose an additional 10% punitive tariff on Canadian imports, on the grounds that Ontario funded the production of an advertisement criticizing its tariff policy, which quoted the speech of former US President Ronald Reagan. Affected by this, Trump said on 27th, "I don't want to meet Carney" and will not resume trade negotiations with Canada for the time being.

According to the US "Political News Network", Canadian ambassador to the United States and chief negotiator Hillman said in Ottawa that the trade negotiations "have entered the forming stage before they were suddenly stopped". Although there are still differences, "more progress has been made in those weeks than in a long time". Hillman said that Trump was more inclined to make his own decisions during his second term, making trade negotiations unpredictable.

At the same time, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution on Friday with 50 votes to 46 votes to abolish Trump¡¯s tariffs, and four Republican lawmakers backed the Democratic Party. Bloomberg said this highlighted the differences within the Republican party on tariffs, which was the second time this year that the Senate openly opposed Trump¡¯s tariffs. However, the resolution was only a public condemnation, it still needs to be passed by the House of Representatives and signed by the President before it comes into effect, which also shows Congress¡¯ dissatisfaction with the White House on the trade route.

In addition, the friction of U.S. officials continues.CBC said that U.S. Ambassador Hookstra in Canada at the U.S. Business Council event in Ottawa on 27 appeared to blast out on Ontario Trade Representative Patterson because of dissatisfaction with Ontario¡¯s ads. Ontario Governor Ford said that ¡°this behavior is absolutely unacceptable and does not conform to diplomatic status.¡± Hookstra had previously tried to mitigate Trump¡¯s claim that ¡°Canada will become the 51st state of the United States,¡± saying it was just an accusation.