US President Donald Trump (right) said he and Canadian prime minister Mark Carney had discussed a trade deal, which he described as 'great for our farmers'. (AFP pic)WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the US was close to making a trade deal with Canada.
"Canada is very good, we're going to make a deal with Canada very soon. We're going to make a great deal," Trump said in an interview with Fox News.
Canada and the US have slapped billions of dollars in tariffs on each other in recent months.
The imposition of tariffs on Canada has emerged as an issue in some northern US border states like Michigan and Maine before US midterm elections on Tuesday.
