INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Donald Trump accused the summit's chairman Justin Trudeau of dishonesty.Quebec City: US President Donald Trump
dramatically withdrew his endorsement of a joint statement at the end of a G7 summit in Canada today in a row over trade, accusing the
summit's chairman Justin Trudeau of dishonesty."Based on Justin's false statements at his news conference, and the fact that Canada is
charging massive Tariffs to our US farmers, workers and companies, I have instructed our US Reps not to endorse the Communique," Trump said
in Tweet sent from on board Air Force One
Trump, who is on his way to Singapore for a summit with North Korea's leader, also reiterated warnings that his administration was mulling
tariffs "on automobiles flooding the US market" in a move that would be primarily aimed at another G7 member, Germany.The US president then
had angry words for Trudeau, saying the Canadian prime minister had "acted so meek and mild" in their joint discussions only to later pledge
in a press conference that he would not be pushed around."Very dishonest weak," Trump said, adding that recently imposed US tariffs on
imports of Canadian steel and aluminium were in response to similar measures imposed on American dairy products by Canada.(This story has
not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
