US President Donald Trump has said he has rejected a one-on-one meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the tariff dispute involving the two countries.
He is also threatening to place tariffs on cars imported from Canada as trade talks between the two neighbouring countries drag on.
Mr Trump said during a news conference in New York that Canada has treated the US “very badly” during the trade talks.
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Canada was left out when the United States and Mexico reached an agreement last month to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta).
The US and Canada are under pressure to reach a deal by September 30.
Mr Trump is suggesting he may go forward with a revamped Nafta without Canada. The president says it would be called USM, for the US and Mexico, instead of USMC.
